Legal Opinion
General Electric Co. v. Hoechst Celanese Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 22, 1990No. Civ. A. 87-458-JRRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, District Judge.
General Electric Company (“GE”) filed this action alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 3,953,394 (“the GE patent”) against Hoechst Celanese Corporation (“HCC”) and Celanese Engineering Resins, Inc. (“CER”). HCC and CER have each counterclaimed for a declaration of non-infringement, invalidity and unenforceability of the GE patent.
On November 9, 1988, the Court ruled on two summary judgment motions which had been filed by the defendants, holding that claims 1-37, 39 and 40 were not infringed by HCC, that claims 31-37, 39 and 40 were invalid, and that the…
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