Legal Opinion
General Foods Corp. v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 30, 1991No. 88 Civ. 8343 (GLG)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
GOETTEL, District Judge.
FINDINGS OF FACT
I. NATURE OF THE ACTION AND THE PARTIES INVOLVED
1. This is an action by General Foods Corporation (“GF”) for a declaratory judgment that five patents — United States Patents 4,260,639; 3,806,619; 3,969,196; 4,247,570; and 4,348,422 — owned by its li-censor Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH (“SGK”), are invalid and unenforceable, and do not cover a coffee decaffeination process employed by GF at a facility in Houston, Texas, known as “AMCO.”
2. Although each of the five patents is licensed, SGK asserts that only claims 1…
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