United States Federal Circuit
RHONE-POULENC AGRO, S.A. v. DeKALB GENETICS CORP., 00-1266, 00-1352
A sublicensee that acquired the sublicense from a licensee that acquired the original license by fraud, may retain the sublicense by establishing that the sublicensee was a bona fide purchaser for value.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/19/2001
- Published 11/20/2001
Judges
- Before CLEVENGER, SCHALL, and DYK, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Federal Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- George Pazuniak,Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, of Wilmington, DE, filed a petition for rehearing en banc on behalf of the plaintiff-appellant. With him on the rehearing brief was Francis DiGiovanni.
- For Appellees:
- E. Edward Bruce, Covington & Burling, of Washington, DC, filed a response on behalf of the defendant-appellee. With him on the response were Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser, and Paul W. Schmidt.