High energy physics on race for Higgs boson

The BBC reported on the race to discover the Higgs boson:

Cern and Fermilab officials squared up at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Chicago.

Echoing themes in so-called races to patent, one had the quote:

"It's a race. Whoever is first is first."

See also:

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2004/12/posner-on-pharma-patents.html

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2005/11/who-benefits-in-first-to-file.html