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(1) a Petition by Euro-O-Compound Belgium NV (now called EOC Belgium NV) to revoke European Patents (UK) Nos. 0560114; 0, 020,907 and 0 557 835 granted to TH Goldschmidt AG (now called Goldschmidt AG) (CH 1997 T. No. 6275).
and (2) An action by Goldschmidt AG against Euro-O-Compound Belgium NV (1) Euro-O-Compound (UK) Ltd (2) Surfachem Ltd (3) and EOC Surfactants NV (4) for infringement of the above mentioned Goldschmidt patents and a counterclaim by the First and Third Defendants firstly as against Goldschmidt AG and Goldschmidt UK Ltd a claim for unjustifiable threats and secondly a declaration of non-infringement is sought by Surfachem in respect of Patent No. 0560114 (CH 1998 T. 360).
On the 30th July '98 Mr. Justice Pumfrey ordered the above Petition and Action and Counterclaim to be tried together.
In addition to the foregoing there is an application to amend European Patent No. 0,020,907 which is unopposed.
For convenience unless otherwise indicated, in this Judgment I will refer to the Claimants (and Defendants in the Counterclaim) as Goldschmidt and the Petitioners, who are Defendants in the action and Claimants in the Counterclaim as EOC.
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