Legal Opinion
E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 16, 1989No. Civ. A. 81-508-JLLPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff (“DuPont”) has moved this Court for entry of a final judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b) on defendants’ (“Phillips”) 1 counterclaim for a declaratory judgment in this patent infringement action. (Docket Item [“D.I.”] 319.) This motion is the latest maneuver by the parties in this case to have their respective forum of choice pass first on the patent in suit, U.S. patent 4,076,698 (“’698”). Phillips wants the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the “Patent Office”) to find it unpatentable, while DuPont wants this…
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