Legal Opinion
E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Bayer Cropscience L.P.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided July 29, 2008No. C.A. 3741-VCLPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LAMB, Vice Chancellor.
This opinion considers a request for a preliminary injunction concerning a supply agreement and license between two large chemical companies initially set to run from 2007 until 2015. That agreement relates to a patented chemical compound that can be usefully mixed with other patented or proprietary compounds for sale as “safened” herbicides in the United States corn growing market. The seller claims that the purchaser has breached the contract by introducing a new product line that exceeds the scope of the license and violates the terms of the supply agreement.…
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