RHONE-POULENC AGRO, S.A. v. MONSANTO CO.

No. 1:97CV1138.

445 F.Supp.2d 531 (2006)

RHONE-POULENC AGRO, S.A., (Now known as Aventis Crop Science SA), Plaintiff, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, (Now known as Pharmacia Corp.), and DeKalb Genetics Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

August 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Burke, John F. Morrow, Jr., Michael E. Ray, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, Francis Digiovanni, George Pazuniak, J. Kenneth Joung, Richard D. Levin, Rudolf E. Hutz, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, DE, Timothy G. Barber, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, for Plaintiff.

Adriana S. Luedke, Charles E. Buffon, David J. Ball, Jr., Deborah A. Garza, Douglas E. Phillips, Eric Bosset, John T. Delacourt, Kurt Calia, Laura B. Gasho, Robert N. Sayler, Sonya D. Winner, Covington & Burling, Ellen Dassance, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, David C. Weiner, Hahn Louser & Parks, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, James Donald Cowan, Jr., Smith Moore, L.L.P., Lyn K. Broom, Teague Rotenstreich and Stanaland, Stuart C. Gauffreau, Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC, Greensboro, NC, John F. Lynch, Arnold White & Durkee, Houston, TX, Lisa Frye Garrison, Smith Moore, L.L.P., Raleigh, NC, David M. Morris, Ellen Dassance, Lisa J. Saks, Michael E. Lee, Michael Mayer, Patricia M. McDermott, Ray S. Bolze, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, Susan K. Knoll, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Houston, TX, W. Winburne King, III, Michael E. Ray, Charles A. Burke, John F. Morrow, Jr., John F. Morrow, Jr., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, Stuart C. Gauffreau, Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC, Greensboro, NC, W. Winburne King, III, Francis Digiovanni, George Pazuniak, J. Kenneth Joung, Richard D. Levin, Rudolf E. Hutz, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, DE, Timothy G. Barber, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

TILLEY, Chief Judge.

This Memorandum Opinion states the findings of fact and conclusions of law in connection with the trial held in this matter from August 22 to September 1, 2000. For the reasons outlined below, the Court finds that for patent 6,040,497 Rick DeRose, Georges Freyssinet, Michel Lebrun, Bernard Leroux, and Alain Sailland are entitled to be named as joint inventors; but for patent 5,554,798 it is determined that conception...

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