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LONZA INC. v. ROHM AND HAAS, INC.

No. 96 Civ. 6258 (LAK).

951 F.Supp. 46 (1997)

LONZA INC., Plaintiff, v. ROHM AND HAAS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

January 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Dudine, Jr., Bert J. Lewen, Joseph R. Robinson, Charles S. Ryan, Darby & Darby, Inc., for Plaintiff.

Jeffrey A. Hovden, Hopgood, Calimafde, Kahil & Judlowe, Rudolph E. Hutz, M. Richard Powers, Gerard M. O'Rourke, Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

In the years prior to the creation of the Federal Circuit and the conferral upon it of exclusive jurisdiction of patent appeals, the use of actions for declaratory judgments of patent invalidity and non-infringement in the service of shopping for a favorable forum was raised to a high art form. This case evidences the fact that the practice has not been eliminated despite the fact that all appeals in patent cases...

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