MONSANTO CO. v. BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V.

No. 2007-1109.

514 F.3d 1229 (2008)

MONSANTO COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Knoll, Howrey LLP, of Houston, Texas, argued for plaintiff-appellee. With her on the brief were Steven G. Spears, Daniel T. Shvodian, and Michelle C. Replogle.

George Pazuniak, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, of Wilmington, Delaware, argued for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief was Anna Martina Linnea Tyreus. Of counsel on the brief was Virginia Whitne Hoptman, of Tysons Corner, Virginia. Of counsel was Timothy G. Barber, of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Before BRYSON, GAJARSA, and DYK, Circuit Judges.


GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

This is a patent infringement case relating to chimeric genes. Plaintiff-Appellee Monsanto Co. ("Monsanto") brought a declaratory judgment action against Defendant-Appellant Bayer Bioscience N.V. ("Bayer") challenging the validity and unenforceability of four Bayer patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,545,565 ("the '565 patent"), 5,767,372 ("the '372 patent"), 6,107,546 ("the '546 patent"), and 5,254,799 ("the '799 patent"), and asserting that Monsanto...

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