Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFII) on Monday announced victory in its German patent litigation with Durst Fototechnik Digital Technology GmbH involving Electronics For Imaging's VUTEk QS series printers with white ink technology.
Durst brought the lawsuit in the Mannheim Regional Court in February 2007, accusing Electronics For Imaging's VUTEk QS series printers of infringing Durst's utility model DE 20 2005 012 179 U1. From the outset, Electronics For Imaging has maintained that it employed the technology in its QS printers well before Durst obtained its utility model. Under German law, a utility model is an intellectual property right to protect inventions, very similar to a U.S. patent.
The expert appointed by the court agreed with Electronics For Imaging that Durst's utility model claims were not novel and lacked any inventive step. Electronics For Imaging argued that Durst's utility model claims were therefore invalid and that Durst's infringements claims were meritless.
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