Legal Opinion
FMC Corp. v. AMVAC Chemical Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 1, 2005No. CIV.A. 05-CV-2593PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PRATTER, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
The instant procedural dispute between FMC Corporation (“FMC”), a pioneer pesticide producer, and AMVAC Chemical Corporation (“AMVAC”), a generic pesticide producer, centers on the equitable application of the so-called “first-filed” or “first-to-file” rule.
AMVAC is a California corporation headquartered in Orange County, California. AMVAC paid $2.7 million to FMC for the right to use FMC’s scientific data studies in connection with AMVAC’s submission of registrations to both the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the…
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