Leggett & Platt Won Agreement to Dismissal of Vutek Lawsuit
Lawsuit by Vutek, Inc. which challenged the validity of two of Leggett & Platt's U.S. patents
Source: Leggett & Platt -- Graphic Arts Online, November 11, 2009
CARTHAGE, Mo., Nov. 9 -- Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (NYSE:LEG) , a diversified manufacturer of engineered components including the Virtu line of superwide digital printers for solid and textile substrates, has won an agreement to dismissal of a lawsuit by Vutek, Inc. which challenged the validity of two of Leggett & Platt's U.S. patents on Leggett's groundbreaking technology for ultraviolet (UV) curing of ink in superwide format ink jet printers. Vutek agreed to withdraw its challenges to the validity of both of the Leggett patents.
Vutek, a subsidiary of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI), sued Leggett & Platt in federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri in November 2007, initially alleging invalidity of Leggett's U.S. Patent No. 7,290,874 and later of Leggett's U.S. Patent No. 7,520,602. These patents were based on Leggett's invention of revolutionary methods for quickly curing UV ink under the print head of superwide ink jet printers. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued one of the patents after full review of an earlier appellate court decision declaring a related patent invalid, thus recognizing the importance of Leggett's invention of the first practical 'on the printhead' UV ink curing technology for superwide inkjet printers. The leading printing association, the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association ("SGIA"), also recognized Leggett's pioneering technology by awarding the 2006 DPI Innovator Award to Leggett's inventor, Mr. Richard Codos.
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COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Leggett & Platt (NYSE:LEG) is a FORTUNE 500 diversified manufacturer that conceives, designs and produces a broad variety of engineered components and products that can be found in most homes, offices, and automobiles. The company serves a broad suite of customers that comprise a "Who's Who" of U.S. manufacturers and retailers. The 126-year-old firm is comprised of 19 business units, 19,000 employee-partners, and more than 160 manufacturing facilities located in 18 countries.
Leggett & Platt is North America's leading independent manufacturer of: a) components for residential furniture and bedding; b) components for office furniture; c) drawn steel wire; d) automotive seat support and lumbar systems; e) carpet underlay; f) adjustable beds; and g) bedding industry machinery for wire forming, sewing and quilting.
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SHanghaidayou - 2009-8-12 00:56:59 EST -
We are Shanghai Dayou Adjustable bed Co., Ltd, a professional bed frame manufacturer and exporter.
We have seven years of manufacturing bed frame since 2002. We produce 3000 to 5000 pieces per day, and we build all of our bed frames from the highest quality and high carbon steel (strength the same as American-Standard ASNI rail track steel, specification1.18’’, 1.5’’), the feet can support a tremendous amount of weight, about 1200 pounds. We have three kinds of bed frame, including interlock bed frame, clamp bed frame, and keylock bed frame. Besides, caster, caster with break, glide, bracket and other bed frame accessories are made by us. We use large-scale equipment and mold, making hole sites molded once continuatively. Every product can be assembled very easily and the sizes are very precise (Twin/Full/Queen/Ca Kin/King).
We also have other products like rollaway (ten years of manufacturing history), link spring, popup up etc. Today, we start to produce pragma Bed, meanwhile When you buy our merchandise, you are guaranteed to receive an extremely well built product, delivered on time, and designed to last a lifetime.
Skype: shanghaidayou
MSN: shanghaidayou AT hotmail com
E-mail：mao2 AT sh-en com
SHanghaidayou - 2009-8-12 00:55:34 EST
