Legal Opinion
Kyocera Corp. v. Prudential-Bache Trade Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 29, 2003No. Nos. 01-15630, 01-15653, 01-16182, 01-16394 and 01-16528PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT. Separate Statement by Judge RYMER.
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1984, Kyocera Corporation (“Kyoc-era”), Prudential-Bache Trade Corporation (“Prudential”), and the newly formed LaPine Technology Corporation (“La-Pine”) began a venture to produce and market computer disk drives. LaPine licensed its proprietary drive design to Kyocera, which manufactured the drives. Prudential’s role was generally to stabilize the cash flow of the enterprise: in addition to financing LaPine’s inventory and accounts receivable, Prudential purchased, through a subsidiary, the…
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