Legal Opinion
Giese v. Pierce Chemical Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 5, 1999No. Civ.A. 97-12561-WGY, Civ.A. 97-12562-WGYPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
The plaintiff in this action, Roger W. Giese (“Giese”), commenced suit against the defendants, Vector Laboratories, Inc. and Pierce Chemical Co. (collectively, “Vector”), alleging contributory infringement and inducement of infringement of Giese’s patents, United States Letters Patent Nos. Re. 31,712 (“the ’712 Patent”) and Bl, 4,478,914 (“the ’914 Patent”).
The patents cover a method by which multiple layers of chemicals are attached to one another to form a stable system. The resulting system typically is used to improve detection of…
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