Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has reached a settlement with Timsun Rubber Tire (Weihai) Co. Ltd. by employing the mediation of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court. Sumitomo Rubber had been seeking an injunction against the Chinese tire manufacturer for, among other things, infringing its patent rights, specifically Chinese Patent Number ZL201110212627.X, and design rights, specifically Chinese Design Right Number ZL201130113641.5....
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Bridgestone Wins Chinese Patent Case for Truck and Bus Tire Tread Pattern
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) announced on Feb. 28 that it has won a patent rights infringement lawsuit against Chinese tire manufacturer Fangxing Rubber Co. Ltd. in the Shanghai High People’s Court. Bridgestone first filed the lawsuit with the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court in September 2017, claiming that Fangxing had infringed on its patent rights by manufacturing and selling tires with a...
Bridgestone Wins Design Rights Infringement Lawsuit Against Chinese Tire Manufacturer
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) announced on April 12 that it has won a design rights infringement lawsuit against the Shengtai Group in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court. The case stemmed from the Japanese firm’s claim that the major Chinese tire manufacturer utilized a tread pattern patented for the Bridgestone ST3000 truck tire. Bridgestone first filed the lawsuit with the Beijing Intellectual...
Toyoda Gosei Settles for $59M in US Class Action Lawsuit
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) recently announced that it has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought against the company by auto dealers and end consumers in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Toyoda Gosei will be required to pay $59 million for the settlement. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit alleged that Toyoda Gosei violated U.S....
Bridgestone Wins Wanli Tire Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108), has announced that the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court ruled in favor of Bridgestone in its patent infringement case against major Chinese tire maker Wanli Tire Corp. Ltd., a joint venture between Guangzhou Wanli Group Co. Ltd. and Guangzhou South China Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. Bridgestone filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Wanli Tire in October 2015...