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Article: Phillips, Formosa Settle Polypropylene Dispute
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- April 21, 1994
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Special to The Journal Record
BARTLESVILLE _ A legal dispute between Phillips Petroleum Co.
and Formosa Plastics Corp. Texas regarding U.S. polypropylene
production has been settled out of court, it was announced
Wednesday.
Monetary terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Phillips filed a complaint Jan. 19 against several Formosa
Plastics companies claiming Formosa was infringing on its U.S.
patent, said Rob Phillips, spokesperson for Phillips. The
complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
In the agreement, Phillips granted Formosa a license under
Phillips' U.S. patent No. 4,736,851 to manufacture, use and sell
polypropylene homopolymer, random copolymer and block ...