5 Jan 2015
Tokyo – Bridgestone tire manufacturing company has announced that it has received a favourable ruling in its lawsuit regarding infringement of its design rights against two Chinese companies: Jianxin Rubber (Fujian) Co Ltd and PT. Beststone Rubber Industries Co Ltd.
In September 2011, Bridgestone filed a lawsuit against Jianxin and PT. Beststone at the Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court, alleging that the two had violated its design rights by manufacturing and selling pre-cure treads using a tread pattern for truck and bus tires for which it held design rights.
“In October 2014, it was ruled that the manufacture and sale of the aforementioned pre-cure treads constituted an indirect violation of the company's automobile tire-use design rights. Accordingly, the Zhengzhou Higher People's Court ordered the companies to pay damages,” added the Bridgeston report.
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