Oosterhout, Mai 2010
In early April, Q.I. Press Controls defeated Quad/Tech’s request for a
Preliminary Injunction in the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Quad/Tech appealed that ruling to
the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. During the
appeal, the entire case is currently stayed.
Also in April, QI defeated Quad/Tech’s attempt to
include new claims of infringement against QI’s Intelligent Density
System (IDS). At that time, Quad/Tech had asked the Court permission to
amend its Complaint to include a claim that the IDS infringes
Quad/Tech’s ‘577 patent, the patent at issue in the case. That patent,
however, on its face relates to a color registration system, not a color
density system. The United States District Court for Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, the Honorable Eduardo Robreno, denied Quad/Tech’s
request to include that new claim of infringement. Once again, the
Court held for QI, not for Quad/Tech.
Now, Quad/Tech has filed a new case in a different
federal court, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of
California, and made the allegations of infringement by the IDS Judge
Robreno would not permit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. QI
will address Quad/Tech’s latest tactic in court.
Quad/Tech’s recent press release about its new
lawsuit says nothing of Judge Robreno’s many decisions against Quad/Tech
in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, including Judge Robreno’s
decision not to permit Quad/Tech to amend its complaint to allege
infringement against the IDS. QI believes that Judge Robreno’s
decisions are the first step toward QI’s total vindication in
Quad/Tech’s legal assault in the United States.
QI has repeatedly stated in its court papers that
the QI register control products sold in the United States do not
infringe Quad/Tech’s ‘577 patent. QI has also stated in court papers
that QI’s IDS, which has been on the market and for sale for more than
six (6) years, does not infringe the ‘577 patent. Rather, QI is a
highly innovative company that respects the intellectual property of all
companies. QI’s goal is to offer our customers the latest technology
and remain a global leader with respect to innovative auxiliary
equipment for the graphics industry.