STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT KOHLE v. EASTMAN KODAK

No. 82-2254.

713 F.2d 128 (1983)

STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT KOHLE mbH, as trustee for the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing October 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Sprung, Nathaniel D. Kramer, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis T. Carr, Kenneth E. Madsen, William J. Speranza, New York City, O.J. Weber, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


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...

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