- LNP Wins a Round in Long-Fiber Patent
Case.
After three trials and almost four years, the U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Del., rendered a final judgment in the patent dispute between LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., Exton, Pa., and RTP Co., Winona, Minn. The latest court decision went in LNP's favor, upholding a patent on long-fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFRT) ......
- Gas-injection opportunities expand.
Gas-Injection Opportunities Expand With a long-running patent dispute that stymied the technology's growth in the U.S. finally settled late last year, gas assisted injection molding processes are being promoted by a growing number of players. In just the past few months, both the hardware options and technology licensing opportunities have ......
- Gas-injection molding: 'black art' or
science?
As more molders take a serious look at gas-assist injection, the key question on many minds is: How well understood are all aspects of the process? Here's the experts' assessment of equipment, processing techniques, mold design, and flow analysis. Few new technologies have stirred the imaginations of injection molders like ......
- Battle of wills.
As two companies prepare for a legal battle over patents, Sid Harris contemplates how formulations can overcome the problem of incompatibilty. An interesting legal battle is looming in the European courts. I reported in the May issue of PPCJ that EMS-PRIMID had filed patent infringements against SIR Industriale in Germany ......
- Antares Pharma obtains fast-melt tablet
patent.
Antares Pharma, Inc. (Exton, PA) announced that it has received Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application on the formulation technology associated with its Easy Tec fast-melt tablet technology. Commenting on the Notice of Allowance, Dario Carrara, Ph.D., Managing Director for the ......
- Antares Pharma Announces Notice of
Allowance.
Antares Pharma, Inc. (Exton, PA) announced that it has received Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application on the formulation technology associated with its Easy Tec fast-melt tablet technology. Commenting on the Notice of Allowance, Dario Carrara, Ph.D., Managing Director for the ......
- Tic Tac Toe Regains Legal Use Of Its Name
Hamburg's regional court has reversed its earlier injunction preventing BMG-Ariola from using the name Tic Tac Toe (Billboard Bulletin, April 16, 18). At a hearing Friday, BMG revealed that in March 1996, it bought from Munich-based Giochi TV Produktions rights to the moniker that dated back to 1992, when the ......