Brief: Manitou Wins Litigation Case Against JCB

Manitou Bf SA

06/07/2022 06:22

July 6 (Reuters) - MANITOU BF SA  MANP.PA :
    * MANITOU ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY THE OUTCOME OF THE LITIGATION
CASE
VS JCB IN THE UK
    * 3 OUT OF 4 JCB PATENTS INVALIDATED BY THE BRITISH COURT
    * ALL INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS BROUGHT BY JCB AGAINST MANITOU ON
THE
BASIS OF THESE THREE PATENTS HAVE FAILED
    * COURT CONSIDERED THAT IN ONE EUROPEAN PATENT ONLY THE
ELEMENTS
OF CERTAIN TELESCOPIC FORKLIFTS SOLD IN THE PAST WERE INFRINGING
    * THIS DECISION DOES NOT HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON MANITOU'S
BUSINESS IN THE UK OR ITS CUSTOMERS 
    * MANITOU WILL SEEK PAYMENT FROM JCB OF ALL COSTS AND
INTEREST
RELATED TO THE PROCEEDINGS INITIATED BY JCB AND INVALIDATED BY
THE COURT

        
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