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BP CHEMICALS v. FORMOSA CHEMICAL & FIBRE

Nos. 98-5468, 98-5469, 99-5423, 99-5451, 99-5452.

229 F.3d 254 (2000)

BP CHEMICALS LTD., (an English corporation) v. FORMOSA CHEMICAL & FIBRE CORPORATION, (a Taiwanese corporation); Joseph Oat Corporation (a Pennsylvania corporation). Formosa Chemical & Fibre Corporation, Appellant in Nos. 98-5468 and 99-5423 Joseph Oat Corporation, Appellant in Nos. 98-5469 and 99-5451. BP Chemicals Ltd. (an English corporation), Appellant in No. 99-5452 v. Formosa Chemical & Fibre Corporation (a Taiwanese corporation); Joseph Oat Corporation (a Pennsylvania corporation).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed October 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Caruso, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, 123 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19109 and Daniel L. Brockett (Argued), Robin G. Weaver, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, 4900 Society Center, Cleveland, OH 44114-1304, Attorneys for Appellee/Cross-Appellant BP Chemicals Ltd.

Marc S. Palay (Argued), Winston & Strawn, 43 Rue du Rhone, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland and Jerome W. Pope, Winston & Strawn, 35 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4200, Chicago, IL 60601 and Jonathan F. Bloom, Robert D. Carmignani, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, 2600 One Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attorneys for Appellant/Cross-Appellee Formosa Chemical & Fibre Corporation.

Allison E. Accurso, Jon C. Martin, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, LLP, Princeton Pike Corporate Center, 997 Lenox Drive, Building 3, Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648-2311, Attorneys for Appellant/Cross-Appellee Joseph Oat Corporation.

Before ALITO and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

This is a trade secret case filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by BP Chemicals Ltd. (BP), a British corporation, against Formosa Chemical & Fibre Corporation (FCFC), a Taiwanese corporation, and Joseph Oat Corporation (JOC), a Pennsylvania corporation with its principal place of business in New Jersey. BP asserts claims...

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