Legal Opinion
Witco Chemical Corp. v. Dow Chemical Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided November 19, 1985No. Civ. A. No. 84-514-JLLPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.
Witco Chemical Corporation (“Wit-co”), a Delaware corporation, brought this *309action for patent infringement,1 and unfair competition,2 against the Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”), also a Delaware corporation. Witco’s predecessor corporation, Isocyanate Products, Inc. (“IPI”), had entered into a License Agreement (“Agreement”) with Dow, dated June 1, 1967, under which Dow was licensed for certain hoped-for patent rights involving use of polyether polyols which were at the time the subject of IPI’s pending patent applications. The dispute which led to this…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Morpul, Inc. v. Crescent Hosiery MillsDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
3Cited by1 opinion
- Witco Chemical Corp. v. Dow Chemical CoCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986