Suit: INVISTA Infringing DuPont Patent and Misappropriated Trade Secrets; Breached Contract in Attempt to Enter Engineering Resins Business
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont (NYSE: DD)
today filed a lawsuit claiming INVISTA is infringing a DuPont patent and has
misappropriated DuPont trade secrets and proprietary information relating to
DuPont's nylon engineering resins business. The suit was filed in U.S. Federal
Court in the Southern District of New York.
DuPont is seeking a permanent injunction, declaratory relief and damages
relating to the INVISTA production of nylon 6,6 engineering resins. DuPont
claims INVISTA misappropriated DuPont trade secrets, infringed on the
company's patents and breached a Patent and Technical Information Agreement.
Under the terms of this agreement, INVISTA is not allowed to use DuPont
technology to make nylon 6,6 engineering resins for several years.
'As a science company, DuPont has long been committed to protecting its
patents, trade secrets and proprietary technology,' said DuPont Senior Vice
President and General Counsel Thomas L. Sager. 'Based on its statements and
actions involving the production of nylon 6,6 engineering resins, INVISTA
apparently has infringed one or more DuPont patents, breached a technology
transfer agreement with DuPont and misappropriated other valuable DuPont
intellectual property. To continue to invest in the kind of innovations our
engineering resins customers expect from DuPont, we must protect our
investment in this valuable technology.'
DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802,
DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a
better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70
countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for
markets including agriculture and food; building and construction;
communications; and transportation.
SOURCE DuPont
