Legal Opinion
Polaroid Corp. v. Offerman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 4, 1998No. 70PA98PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYNN, Justice.
Plaintiff Polaroid Corporation (“Polaroid”), a Massachusetts corporation, develops, manufactures, and sells photographic equipment. As one of the world’s predominant manufacturers of instant photographic equipment, Polaroid continually develops and refines methods of designing and marketing those products. Under this market-leading approach, Polaroid has obtained an extraordinary number of patents; however, it has never licensed its core technology to an unrelated third party.
In 1976, Polaroid sued Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak”) under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) to enjoin Kodak’s…
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