EMTELLE
DEFENDING EMTELLE’S INTELLECTUAL PROPOERTY
25TH APRIL 2016
Emtelle is aware of comments in a recent NASDAQ filing made with regards to a patent infringement dispute currently being considered by Stockholm District Court. On 26th January 2015 Emtelle and its licensee, Emtelle Scandinavia A/S, initiated proceedings in the Stockholm District Court requesting, amongst other things, that the court establish that Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems AB (“Hexatronic”): had infringed Emtelle’s patent; should no longer be allowed to use this design of fibre unit; and pay damages to compensate for losses resulting from the infringement.
In March 2015, Hexatronic, which claims that the patent is invalid and should be revoked, conceded that it did infringe the patent, although it subsequently sought to withdraw that admission. Emtelle contests that the patent is invalid, and has in the alternative proposed certain limitations of the patent. The District Court has not taken any position in relation to these limitations.
In the most recent development Hexatronic submitted a request to the District Court arguing that the infringement case should be deferred pending determination of the validity of Emtelle’s patent. On 1st April 2016 the District Court agreed with Emtelle that this request should be rejected and that the infringement case will proceed accordingly. Emtelle welcomes this development and looks forward to a satisfactory conclusion of the legal proceedings.
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