Avery Dennison Says U.S. Patent Office Agrees to Reexamine the 3M Company Patent That is the Subject of Ongoing Litigation.PASADENA, Calif. -- Avery Dennison Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) produces pressure-sensitive materials (such as self-adhesive labels), office products, and various paper products. R. Stanton Avery founded Avery in 1935. Avery Dennison Corporation was created in 1990 by merger of Avery and Dennison. Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVY) announced today that the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the Company's Request for Reexamination re·ex·am·ine also re-ex·am·ine tr.v. re·ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing, re·ex·am·ines 1. To examine again or anew; review. 2. Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination. of 3M Company's U.S. Patent No. 5,897,930, the patent that is the subject of ongoing litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. between the two companies. Avery Dennison's request was based on five earlier issued patents that were not considered by the Patent and Trademark Office before issuing the '930 patent to 3M. In granting the Company's request, the Patent and Trademark Office stated that the five patents raise 'substantial new questions of patentability' affecting the claims in the '930 patent. In the ongoing patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. litigation concerning the '930 patent, Avery Dennison is contesting a jury verdict in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota that held that some of Avery Dennison's Easy Apply Technology(TM) EZ Graphics Film products infringe the '930 patent and that the '930 patent is valid. "We are pleased that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office agrees with Avery Dennison that 'substantial new questions of patentability' have been raised with respect to the '930 patent. Although Avery Dennison will not at this time resume selling the specific EZ Film products enjoined by the Court, we remain confident in the Easy Apply Technology(TM) developed by Avery Dennison and look forward to the outcome of the Patent and Trademark Office review," said Michael W. Roughton, vice president and general manager, Avery Dennison Graphics Division. Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive labeling materials, office products and retail tag, ticketing and branding systems. Based in Pasadena, Calif., Avery Dennison is a FORTUNE 500 company with 2005 sales of $5.5 billion. Avery Dennison employs more than 22,000 individuals in 48 countries worldwide who apply the Company's technologies to develop, manufacture and market a wide range of products for both consumer and industrial markets. Products offered by Avery Dennison include Avery-brand office products and graphics imaging media, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way. The best-known stamps:
Goods, such as appliances and automobiles, that have a useful life over a number of periods. Firms that produce durable goods are often subject to wide fluctuations in sales and profits. Also called consumer durables. applications, brand identification and supply chain management products for the retail and apparel industries, and specialty tapes and polymers. |
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