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What I don't understand:

Why do US courts have jurisdiction here, if the supposed crime (stealing the idea) occured in Israel?

Why is Imclone the defendant, and not Sanofi?

If these people win, then why wouldn't it be sending the 1.5% check to them instead of Sanofi?

It seems that Imclone ought to be an innocent bystander between a dispute between Sanofi and the Weizmann institute.

If an upstream patent holder gets the patent yanked does this mean the downstream licensor can have its contractual deals ripped up?

For example, if Joe Blow inventor wins a case against General Motors for stealing his design of his cylinder head, can he now demand $10,000 from everybody buying a GM car?

Seems like chaos.