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ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION DAILY
Highlights
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
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ISSN 1526-520X

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THREATENED ENFORCEMENT OF PATENT DID NOT VIOLATE Section 2
OF SHERMAN ACT
Threats to enforce a patent for a rotationally molded
plastic bulk container did not violate Sherman Act Section
2, according to a decision by the U.S. District Court of the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where there was no showing
that the patent holder possessed market power or engaged in
anticompetitive conduct ("PennPac International, Inc. v.
Rotonics Mfg. Inc., "E.D. Pa., No. 99-CV-2890, 5/28/01).

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G4Y1P3_

STATUTORY FRAUD IS NOT SUBJECT TO HEIGHTENED PLEADING
STANDARD
Statutory fraud need not be pleaded with particularity in
Delaware, according to a decision by the Delaware Court of
Chancery, New Castle County ("Delaware v. Publishers
Clearing House, "Del. Ct. Chan., New Castle Cty., C.A. No.
17756, 4/19/01).

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