MONSANTO CO. v. AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE SA

No. CIV.A.00-1013-SLR.

226 F.Supp.2d 531 (2002)

MONSANTO COMPANY and CALGENE LLC, Plaintiffs, v. AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE SA, and Aventis Cropscience USA LP, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

September 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Whetzel, Esquire and Steven J. Fineman, Esquire of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware. Counsel for Plaintiffs. Of Counsel: John F. Lynch, Esquire, Susan K. Knoll, Esquire and Steven G. Spears, Esquire of Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Houston, Texas.

George Pazuniak, Esquire, Francis DiGiovanni, Esquire and Oleh V. Bilynsky, Esquire of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, Wilmington, Delaware. Counsel for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Monsanto Company ("Monsanto") filed this action on December 4, 2000 against defendants Aventis Cropscience SA and Aventis Cropscience USA LP (collectively, "Aventis")1 alleging infringement of United States Patent Nos. 4,535,060 and 5,094,945 (the "Comai patents"). On January 10, 2001, Monsanto...

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