Tiama’s MSC obtains two patent infringement judgments against Heye’s…

Tiama’s MSC obtains two patent infringement judgments against Heye’s Ranger technology

Published 19th May, 2015 by Greg Morris

On November 6, 2014, the regional court in Düsseldorf handed down two judgments in a patent dispute between MSC & SGCC and Heye International holding that Heye’s ‘Ranger’ device infringes MSC’s patents EP 1 147 405 and EP 0 692 710.

The decisions are not final yet, since Heye has appealed the decisions. While the dispute is still pending, Tiama-msc&sgcc said it was confident that the decisions will be confirmed in the appeal stage.

Tiama-msc&sgcc said it had a proud of a history of substantial R&D efforts, aimed at providing its customers the continued high quality of products.

"While it is a slightly hidden compliment if competitors try to copy our successful technology, Tiama-msc&sgcc will continue to vigorously defend its IP portfolio.

“We will protect the companies’ R&D efforts and hope that continued enforcement will eventually discourage further competitors from infringing our proprietary patented technologies.”

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.