Information Technology
Ningbo Signatronic Technologies and TaLa announce Resolution of Patent Dispute with Tyco
MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany and NINGBO, China , Nov. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Ningbo Signatronic Technologies, Ltd., and TaLa UG & Co. KG announce a resolution of pending patent litigation involving European Patent No. 0 922 274.
In June 2013 , Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland , filed actions against TaLa before the court of Dusseldorf to prohibit the offering and selling of certain Ningbo acousto-magnetic (AM) electronic article surveillance systems (EAS) labels in Germany . As a reaction to this lawsuit TaLa and Ningbo filed a nullity action against the German part of the European Patent.
Under a settlement agreement resolving both the infringement and the nullity actions and involving Germany , France , Great Britain , Sweden and Japan , the parties have agreed that TaLa and Ningbo will withdraw the offering and selling in the said countries of the following EAS label models: T3, K3, H3, T2, K2, H2, RK2, OY, AQ, GPL(2), GPL(3), RL and RH2, until the Patent expires.
The obligation to withdraw does explicitly not include the following label types: T3M, K3M, H3M, T2M, K2M, H2M, NTL, NKL, NHL, RK2M and RH2M ("M-type-labels").
Furthermore it does not include "hard tags" (model labels SPHT and MHT, SPLB, SPLK) or "dummy tags" (model labels KN and RKN).
Referring to "M-type-Labels" the settlement agreement does explicitly constitute that those labels do not infringe the European Patent.
As a result of the agreement the infringement action as well as the nullity action have been finished.
"We are pleased with the outcome of this patent dispute," said Dr Lin Li , Ningbo Signatronic's General Manager. "Ningbo Signatronic has always denied infringing the Tyco patent, and a resolution of this matter by settlement, rather than trial, puts the cost and uncertainty of litigation behind us. Furthermore we do now have legal certainty – even and especially for our customers."
RA Dr. Rainer Utz
RSW Rechtsanwalte
+49 (0) 7351 503 146
Rainer.Utz@rsw-bc.de