>>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR
AGREEING TO DO THIS, THIS
HEARING.
BOTH OF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE
DECISIONS MADE TODAY ARE LEGALLY
BINDING?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES, SIR.
>> GREAT.
MRS. WILLIAMS, YOU ARE FILING A
CLAIM AGAINST YOUR FORMER
EMPLOYER, MERCK PHARMACEUTICALS
WHERE YOU WORKED FOR THE PAST
22 YEARS.
>> YES, SIR.
I'M SUING FOR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY THEFT BECAUSE THEY'VE
STOLEN MANY OF MY IDEAS, AND I
AM ASKING FOR $20 MILLION IN
DAMAGES.
>> THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
MRS. WILLIAMS WORKED IN
ACCOUNTING.
NO ONE THERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
IDEAS.
>> SIR, LET ME GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE.
IN DECEMBER, 2004, THIS COMPANY
CREATED A DRUG CALLED
SEASONIQUE.
WELL, BACK IN 1997, I HAD A
CHILD.
SAY HELLO TO SEASONIQUE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> HELLO.
>> YOUR NAME IS SEASONIQUE.
>> YES, SIR.
MY BIRTH NAME IS
SEASONIQUE BONIVA WILLIAMS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SEASONIQUE WAS BORN ON THE ONE
SPECIAL DAY BETWEEN SPRING AND
SUMMER.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SHE WAS SEASONIQUE.
AND THAT IS NOT THE ONLY
EXAMPLE.
THIS COMPANY HAS STOLEN DOZENS
OF NAMES, NAMED DOZENS OF DRUGS
AFTER MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY.
>> UH, MRS. WILLIAMS --
>> PLEASE CALL ME LYRICA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT'S MY NAME, BUT ALSO AN
ANTI-EPILEPSY DRUG.
>> THAT'S CERTAINLY INTERESTING.
>> PLEASE, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT
NAMES OUR PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO
YEARS OF RESEARCH.
THIS IS CLEARLY A COINCIDENCE.
>> OH, REALLY?
LET'S LOOK AT SOME OTHER
EXAMPLES, SHALL WE?
CELEXA.
>> THAT'S MY COUSIN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> FEMARA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> MY OTHER COUSIN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ELIQUIS, SHE LIVES DOWN THE
WAY.
>> OVER THERE.
>> CYMBALTA.
>> SHE IS TROUBLE, BUT SHE'S
FUN.
>> MM-HMM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ALLEGRA.
NOW SHE DOES MY HAIR, NOW SHE
DON'T HAVE A SHOP, SO I GO TO
HER HOUSE WHERE SHE HAS A LITTLE
BABY NAMED LITTLE NICORETTE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO YOU SEE, SIR, THESE PEOPLE
AREN'T COMING UP WITH NEW DRUG
NAMES.
THEY'RE JUST FLIPPING THROUGH
THE CONTACTS OF MY PHONE.
>> THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE
EVIDENCE HERE.
>> SIR, THIS IS JUST PAYBACK.
MRS. WILLIAMS WAS RECENTLY LAID
OFF FROM MERCK, AND SHE'S
LOOKING FOR RETRIBUTION.
>> YOU THINK SO?
WELL, LET ME BRING IN ONE OF MY
CO-WORKERS, WHO'S STILL -- IS
EMPLOYED THERE TODAY.
COME ON IN.
>> UH, AND YOU ARE?
>> LUNESTRA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
LUNESTRA CRESTOR HARRISON.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND I WORKED AT MERCK FOR
11 YEARS.
BACK IN 2009, I FELL ASLEEP ON
MY COMPUTER KEYBOARD, AND TWO
WEEKS LATER THIS COMPANY CAME
OUT WITH A SLEEP AID CALLED
LUNESTRA.
[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]
THIS COMPANY HAS TAKEN THE NAMES
OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING MY
SISTER, PROPECIA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OR MY NEPHEW, DAYQUIL.
>> WELL, I HAVE TO SAY THAT
SEEMS MORE THAN CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
>> PERHAPS.
BUT EVEN IF IT WAS, THERE'S JUST
NO PROOF HAVING THE SAME NAMES
AS THE DRUGS HAS CAUSED THE
WOMEN ANY HARM.
>> REALLY?
YOU THINK IT IS NICE TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH CHOLESTEROL
AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO, IT'S TERRIBLE!
I'M SORRY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SEE?
HE KNOWS THIS IS THE BIGGEST
CORPORATE INJUSTICE SINCE MY
AUNT, ACTIVIA, WORKED AT THIS
YOGURT COMPANY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT IS A TRAVESTY.
OH, OH, I AM SORRY SIR.
I'M HAVING A LITTLE EPISODE.
I NEED MY HUMIRA.
>> OH, THAT'S FINE.
CAN WE GET YOU A CLASS OF WATER?
>> NO, HUMIRA ITS MY EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT DOG.
SHE ALWAYS CALMS ME DOWN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU EVEN STOLE HER DOG!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> COME ON.
>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE TO SAY THE EVIDENCE IS
OVERWHELMING.
>> OKAY.
HER CLAIM HAS MERIT.
I AM AWARDING HER THE FULL
AMOUNT IN DAMAGES.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> SO WE GET THE MONEY.
I CAN FINALLY PUT TYLENOL
THROUGH COLLEGE.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY STOLE
THAT FROM YOU TOO.
