Litigation
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Cetus Corporation
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- Filed
- 1990-08-01
- Terminated
- 1991-02-27
Patents at issue (2)
Plaintiffs (1)
Defendants (1)
Summary
DuPont filed a declaratory judgment action against Cetus challenging the validity of the PCR process patents. On February 27, 1991, the federal district court in San Francisco ruled in Cetus's favor, holding the patents valid and DuPont not to infringe; DuPont reportedly did not appeal.
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