Construction Equipment
Ag Equipment
Roadbuilding
Dealers
Business
Technology
Tag: patent infringement
Roadbuilding
Business Roundup: Cat accuses Wirtgen of patent infringement; P2P rentals, online equipment sales aren’t here to disrupt dealers; LiuGong global dealer conference; Thompson Cat adds Prinoth Panther
Cat fires back at Wirtgen with patent infringement complaint; ITC investigating The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Nov. 22 said it will investigate allegations by Caterpillar that German manufacturers Wirtgen GmbH and Joseph Vögele AG violated patent laws. The probe is based on a complaint filed by Cat on October 26, a complaint that is nearly […]
November 28, 2017
Construction Equipment
Wirtgen accuses Cat of patent infringement; ITC opens investigation
Caterpillar is facing added scrutiny from the federal government in the form of a patent infringement investigation opened Tuesday by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). After the examination of a patent infringement complaint filed by the American arm of German road equipment manufacturer Wirtgen, members of the USITC voted to investigate certain Caterpillar road […]
August 23, 2017
Construction Equipment
Update: ALLU amends statement in Rock Tools lawsuit settlement
ALLU Finland Oy Ltd. has amended a previously issued statement concerning  the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit against Rock Tools Equipment, LLC, and Rock Tools Attachments, LLC, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. ALLU says it misstated some of the previous statement regarding the […]
July 26, 2017
Business
In face of woes, ChinaDailyUSA says Sany is “gaining traction” in U.S.
In a report released today, the ChinaDailyUSA website says that 2013 was “a year worth celebrating” for Sany America, a division of Chinese equipment manufacturer Sany. According to the report, the U.S. subsidiary has doubled sales from last year, and now covers 65 percent of the United States, Canada and Mexico with its dealer network. […]
December 26, 2013
Construction Equipment
Manitowoc lawsuit against Sany based on counterweight patents to be used in two future cranes
As Sany attempts to offset the dwindling sales the company is seeing in its home country of China by attracting new business here in the U.S., the company’s most aggressive tactic to date has landed it squarely in the sights of a lawsuit from Manitowoc Cranes. The lawsuit, filed June 12 in Wisconsin, is accompanied […]
June 24, 2013
Business
Sany president responds to Manitowoc lawsuit and allegations of patent infringement
Sany President President Xiang Wenbo has released a statement in response to a lawsuit and allegations of patent infringement filed against his company by Manitowoc Cranes. A federal lawsuit against Sany was filed last week in Wisconsin. And on June 12 Manitowoc also filed a complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging that Sany’s […]
June 19, 2013
Roadbuilding
JCB takes legal action to stop product copying, patent breaches
JCB this week took tough action against three Far Eastern manufacturers for product copying and patent infringements, the company announced today. The company successfully applied for court orders in Germany resulting in preliminary injunctions being served against manufacturers who were exhibiting the infringing machines at the BAUMA international construction equipment show in Munich. As a […]
April 22, 2010
Page 1 of 1