Legal Opinion

Studiengesellschaft Kohle Mbh, as Trustee for the Max-Planck-Institut Fur Kohlenforschung v. Eastman Kodak Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 14, 1983No. 82-2254PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH (SGK) is a West German company which acts as the agent for the Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung, a nonprofit research and educational institute formerly headed by the Nobel Prize-winning inventor, Dr. Karl Ziegler. This litigation arose in 1974 when SGK sued Eastman Kodak Company for infringement of Ziegler patents covering certain chemical catalysts useful in the polymerization of hydrocarbons. SGK accused Kodak of violating U.S. Letters Patent No. 3,113,115 (’115); No. 3,257,332 (’332); No. 3,231,515 (’515); No. 3,392,162 (’162); and…

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