BIG LEGAL BATTLE
MILLIONS OF POUNDS INVOLVED. DISPUTE OVER PATENTS. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, November 1. A legal battle involving millions of pounds has begun in the Law Courts and is expected to last five weeks. British Celanese, Limited, is suing Courtauld’s, Limited, for an alleged infringement of patents in making cellulose acetate silk. Eight K.C.’s have been engaged. Counsel’s opening speech will take three days, and the documents in the case required a year to prepare. Courtauld’s deny that they infringed plaintiff’s patents whose validity they attack, asking that the patents be revoked as they are not novel owing to other patents dating from 1887. The capital of the two companies totals £42,450,000.
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Southland Times, Issue 21854, 3 November 1932, Page 5
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118BIG LEGAL BATTLE Southland Times, Issue 21854, 3 November 1932, Page 5
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