From our archives… Another example of Shell IP theft
Bloomberg.com: Shell Oil Must Pay $153.6 Mln Award to Union Carbide
Posted 17 June 2004
June 16 (Bloomberg) — Shell Oil Co., a unit of Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe’s second-largest oil company, must pay Dow Chemical Co.’s Union Carbide Corp. $153.6 million in damages for infringing a patent for catalysts, a federal judge ruled.
Chief U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson in Wilmington, Delaware, added more than $40 million in interest to an original judgment of about $112 million that was imposed during a 2003 jury trial, according to court papers.
“Shell has failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence” that it shouldn’t be held liable in the case, Robinson said in entering the new judgment June 9 following post-trial motions.
Union Carbide sued Shell in 1999, saying it copied catalytic processes to make ethylene oxide, which is used in shampoo, toothpaste, polyester fibers and antifreeze. A jury in 2001 decided Shell didn’t infringe. In 2002 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the verdict and ordered a re- trial.
Shell spokesman Johan Zaayman in Houston said the company is “deeply disappointed with the decision” and plans to appeal.
Union Carbide spokesman Scot Wheeler said the company is “pleased that the court decided certain Shell catalysts infringed a Union Carbide patent” and said the company is confident it will win an appeal.
New York Shares of The Hague, Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Petroleum, which reported $120.8 billion in sales last year, rose 91 cents to $51.33 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.
Shares of Midland, Michigan-based Dow, the largest U.S. chemical maker, with $32.6 billion in sales last year, fell 1 cent to $39.22 on the New York Stock Exchange.
The case is Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastic Technology Corp., et. al., v. Shell Oil Company, et. al., C.A. No. 99-274- SLR.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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