Supreme Court of Delaware

The confidentiality provision in a Patent Portfolio Agreement (PPA) is not a material term of that agreement since the "root" of the PPA is patent peace, not confidentiality.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2005
• Published 06/08/2005

Judges

• BERGER, Justice:, Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas C. Grimm, Jon E. Abramczyk (argued), Rodger D. Smith, II, Susan Wood Waesco and James W. Parrett, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jesse A. Finkelstein, and Jeffrey L. Moyer, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE;  Terence M. Murphy (argued), Joseph L. McEntee and Thomas R. Jackson, of Jones, Day, Dallas, TX and Christian G. Vergonis, of Jones, Day, Washington, DC, for Appellee.