A U.S. appeals court has upheld a 2010 ruling that Nova had infringed on Dow’s patents for a line of polyethylene resins used in plastic bags. The court upheld a $61.7 million damage award for Dow, which adds up to $76 million with interest. The...
Arkema says it filed a complaint for patent infringement with the Central District Court of Seoul against SKC (Seoul) on...
This Week on CW: Private equity firm Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire alkylamines maker Taminco from CVC Capital Partners, another private equity firm, for $1.5 billion. Apollo beat out four other private equity firms, including Styron...
DuPont and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) have reached an agreement under which DuPont will pay a $725,000 fine and update hazardous materials (hazmat) handling procedures at a facility in New Jersey. The agreement is the result...
Eastman Chemical’s board of directors will recommend shareholders to eliminate most supermajority...
This Week on CW: Sasol is planning to invest about $10 billion in a gas-to-liquids chemicals complex in Louisiana. DuPont was awarded $920 million in its suit against Kolon Industries for theft of Kevlar trade secrets...
U.S. EPA has extended the deadline for reporting of inputs to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions equations for 2010 and 2011 until March 2013, and 2012 and 2013 until March 2015, the agency says. Industry considers many of the...
DuPont has been awarded $919.9 million in damages in a lawsuit against Kolon Industries (Gyeonggi-Do, Korea) over the theft of trade secrets and confidential information about DuPont's Kevlar aramid fiber....
Gevo received two patents related to its yeast-based isobutanol production process, the company says. The two patents, "Yeast Organism Producing Isobutanol at a High Yield," and " “Methods of Increasing Dihydroxy Acid Dehydratase Activity...
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