Germany's EOS Sues MCP, MCP-HEK for Patent Infringement
 KRAILLING, Germany,
May 19, 2008 - EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, the worldwide leading
manufacturer of laser-sintering systems, today announced that it has filed a
patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court, South
Carolina, against MCP Tooling Technologies Ltd. and MCP-HEK Tooling GmbH.
The lawsuit alleges infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,753,171 through the
manufacture, sale and use of the Realizer product line from MCP in the US.
In February 2008, EOS and Trumpf had announced a patent license agreement
with MCP. Under the agreement, MCP received a non-exclusive license for
certain EOS patents, as well as some patent rights from Trumpf regarding the
laser-sintering process. These patents are relevant to MCP's product line
"Realizer." However, the license does not extend to the USA and Canada. 3D
Systems and MCP then announced in the same month that the MCP Realizer would
be distributed in the US. As a consequence, EOS filed the patent
infringement lawsuit against MCP on May 8th, 2008.
Johann Oberhofer, COO and managing director of EOS, comments: "Filing
this patent infringement lawsuit is an essential step for protecting our
patent rights in the US. We hope that this litigation will quickly resolve
the situation."
EOS has had patents granted for a considerable number of its own
inventions in the field of laser-sintering. Today, the EOS patent portfolio
includes more than 50 patent families worldwide. The company also owns
exclusive worldwide rights to all patents owned by 3D Systems Corporation
applicable to the field of laser-sintering which were filed prior to August
20th, 2002.
About EOS
EOS was founded in 1989 and is today the world leading manufacturer of
laser-sintering systems. Laser-sintering is the key technology for
e-Manufacturing, the fast, flexible and cost-effective production of
products, patterns or tools. The technology manufactures parts for every
phase of the product life cycle, directly from electronic data.
Laser-sintering accelerates product development and optimizes production
processes. EOS completed its business year 2006/2007 with revenues of 59.7
million Euro which is an increase of 14 percent compared to the previous
year.
For more information visit www.eos.info
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