Glaston initiates lawsuit against Land Glass

Glaston Oyj Abp 

15.05.2012 10:44
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Helsinki, Finland, 2012-05-15 10:44 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Since the year
2005 Glaston Group has forcefully been protecting its patents and other
intellectual property rights. Recently Glaston announced that it had started
legal proceedings against Luoyang North Glass Technologies Co., Ltd. ('North
Glass'). 

In the meantime, Glaston has collected evidence supporting another patent
infringement case related to a large number of machines and this time against
Luoyang Land Glass Technologies Co., Ltd. ('Land Glass'). In Glaston's opinion,
certain glass tempering machines sold in Mainland China by Land Glass infringes
a Chinese patent owned by Glaston Group. 

Glaston Group has taken legal measures against Land Glass and the competent
Court has registered the case. 

Glaston Group will continue to be active in protecting its Intellectual
Property Rights globally. 

For further information, please contact:


Ms Taina Tirkkonen
General Counsel
Glaston Corporation
Phone: +358 10 500 6934

Janice Zhou
Marketing Communication Manager, China
Glaston Shanghai Co., Ltd.
Phone：+8621 5840 9778
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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