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Dear Subscriber,
Last week we posted
an article that multihead weigher
manufacturer Ishida filed an injunction against 3 chinese
exhibitors at the Interpack. Ishida accuses them of
infringing their patents. As a result, the companies
involved (High Dream, Jinyi and Saimo) were forced to remove
the multihead weighers or cover them up.
Co-incidentally, I was visiting one of the involved stands
at Interpack when they started to cover up the multihead
weigher.
It is surprising that you hear this type of stories not more
often.
Let me first disclose to you that I am probably biased in
the area of patents, since I have several potato processing
related patents on my name.
It is no coincidence that this action of Ishida happened at
the Interpack:
- The machines involved were displayed in the stands, so
Ishida staff or their lawyers could inspect the machines and
consequently make a reasonable case that according to their
view an Ishida patent was infringed.
- Patent rights are not enforced to the same extend in each
country. Infamous in this context are India and especially
China. Patents also are only valid in those countries where
a patent was requested and issued. So in most cases there
are places where you could use equipment or a process even
though it was patented in another country. But Germany is an
important country for (packaging) machine manufacturers and
patent law is strictly applied, as the story shows...
- What better place to make a statement like this, with the
whole packaging world gathered at this huge event?
So why do you hear these stories not more often? Are there
so few patents in the potato processing sector? Is no one
infringing on the patents that exist? So what is going on?
A clue for the reason could be
in this article, where a
representative from Saimo states that they don’t think they
infringe on any of Ishida’s patents. This is where the
arguing back and forth begins. And Saimo also announced that
when the final conclusion is that they did not infringe on
Ishida’s patent(s), they will seek financial compensation…
However this story ends, this could very well be a milestone
in the competition between established packaging equipment
suppliers and their Chinese competitors. Has a new phase
begun? If so, a good time for patent lawyers could be ahead.
Did you already see our
photo impression of the Interpack?
Enjoy reading,
Paul van Eijck
Coming soon: NRA annual exhibition and All Candy Expo
2008.
National Restaurant Association (NRA) restaurant
hotel-motel show, May 17-20, 2008, McCormick Place, Chicago
You will be able to meet a whole range of manufacturers
of (frozen) potato products, including
Aviko,
Basic American Foods,
Conagra (Lamb Weston)and
Keystone
Potato Products.
 The All Candy Expo 2008, May 20-22, 2008
McCormick Place, Chicago
In the same venue as the NRA, so easy to combine, you can
meet with several snack manufacturers: exhibitors include
Herr's,
Kraft,
Proctor and Gamble,
The Inventure Group and
Utz. And of course, the
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Saimo |
China |
| Saimo is a Chinese manufacturer of packaging equipment providing an extensive range of weighing, packaging and inspection equipments for Snacks.
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Grippo's |
United States |
| Grippo's
manufactures potato chips and other potato-based
snacks. |
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Conn's Potato Chips |
United States |
| Conn's
Chips is a local producer of traditional chips in
Ohio |
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Danmix |
Spain |
| Danmix
sells machinery for the food industry within the
meat, poultry, vegetables (potato peelers) and
fishing. It also offers complete systems for cutting
plants and facilities. |
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