Big Guy v. Little Guy
Executive Summary
It started off as a perfect relationship: diagnostic giant Boehringer Mannheim and tiny Igen would jointly develop an immunoassay analyzer based on Igen's impressive new electrochemiluminesence (ECL) technology. Now the two companies find themselves in court, with Igen charging, among other things, that BMC didn't calculate royalties fairly and BMC seeking to retain rights to sell the ECL analyzer.