Legal Opinion
Rhone-Poulenc Agro, S.A. (Now Known as Aventis Cropscience Sa) v. Dekalb Genetics Corporation v. Monsanto Company (Now Known as Pharmacia Corporation)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 8, 2002No. 00-1266, 00-1352PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC.
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Rhdne-Poulenc Agro, S.A. (“RPA”) appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina granting summary judgment of non-infringement on the ground that Monsanto Co. (“Monsanto”) has a valid license to U.S. Patent No. 5,510,471, reissued on December 14, 1999 as RE 36,449 (“the '471 patent”). Rhône-Poulenc Agro, S.A. v. Monsanto Co., No. 1:97CV1138, (M.D.N.C. Feb. 8, 2000), 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21330. The issue here is whether a sublicensee (Monsanto) that acquired the sublicense from a…
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