After a 1980s legal battle, Robert Gallo & Luc Montagnier agreed to share credit for the isolation of this virus
... a joint 
agreement declaring that Gallo and Montagnier shared credit for the... [DOC] [TLE] Luc Montagnier On Gallo And The AIDS Virus: `We Both Contributed ... [PAR] Dec 13, 1993 ... Luc Montagnier On Gallo And The AIDS Virus: `We Both Contributed' ... claim that 
was also subsequently made by United States researcher Robert Gallo, ... to 
retain for himself the distinction of having isolated the AIDS virus.