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sor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in
Baltimore (Johns Hopkins Medical School), held various patents
relating to the ICD (ICD patents). Dr. Mirowski entered into an
exclusive license agreement with respect to the ICD patents (ICD
patents license agreement), under which, inter alia, he had the
right to receive approximately 73 percent of the royalties paid
for the use of those patents.5 During his lifetime, Dr. Mirowski
received modest royalties under the ICD patents license agree-
ment.
Some time after Dr. Mirowski and Ms. Mirowski emigrated to
the United States, they and their family started the general
practice of taking an annual one-week summer vacation in Rehoboth
Beach, Delaware (Rehoboth Beach). That practice continued after
Ms. Mirowski’s daughters married and had families of their own.
When the Mirowski family was vacationing in Rehoboth Beach, they
took the opportunity to have annual meetings (Mirowski family
annual meetings), at which they frequently discussed family
business and investment matters. At times, accountants or
attorneys were invited to attend those meetings.
In 1989, it was determined that Ms. Mirowski had diabetes,
and she became the patient of Dr. Charles Angell, an assistant
professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School. At a time
5The coinventor of the ICD had the right under the ICD
patents license agreement to receive approximately 27 percent of
the royalties paid for the use of the ICD patents.
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