E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. Great Lakes Chemical Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FARNAN, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is the Motion To Dismiss Dupont’s Amended Complaint Or, In The Alternative, To Stay Any Remaining Counts, Pending The Contractually Required Completion Of Mediation (D.I. 10) filed by Defendant Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (“Great Lakes”). For the reasons discussed, the motion will be granted in part and denied in part.

BACKGROUND

Both Plaintiff E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (“Dupont”) and Great Lakes filed patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeking to patent methods of extinguishing fires…