Legal Opinion
Swift Chemical Co. v. Usamex Fertilizers, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 6, 1980No. Civ. A. Nos. 74-76 "G", 79-812 "G"PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEAR, District Judge.
Swift Agricultural Chemical Corporation (Swift) filed an action against Fertilizantes Fosfatados Mexicanos, S. A. (FFM) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Usamex Fertilizers, Inc. (Usamex), for infringement of a patent on the manufacture of liquid ammonium polyphosphate fertilizer, U.S. Letters Patent No. 3,464,808 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘808 or Kearns patent). The matter was tried in late November and early December 1976, and I rendered an opinion on October 7, 1977 that the patent-in-suit was valid and infringed. On December 19, 1977, I entered a judgment on…
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