Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC v. Willowood, LLC, No. 18-1614 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 18, 2019)

Affirmed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 18-1614
Also Docketed
No. 18-2044 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
December 18, 2019
Judge
Reyna, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
34 pages

From the Opinion

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Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, sued Willowood, LLC, Willowood USA, LLC, Willowood Azoxystrobin, LLC, and Willowood Limited in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina for copyright infringement and patent infringement, asserting four patents directed to a fungicide compound and its manufactu ring processes . Prior to trial, the district court dismissed the copyright in- fringement claims, determining them to be precluded by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.