Ivoclar Vivadent klaagt Dentsply aan om patentschending

6 november 2013 - Ivoclar Vivadent heeft bekend gemaakt dat het Dentsply International Inc, Dentsply Prosthetics en DeguDent GmbH heeft aangeklaagd omdat het product Dentsply's Celtra^TMinbreuk zou maken op vier patenten van Ivoclar Vivadent. Het hierna volgende bericht werd vrijgegeven:

Ivoclar Vivadent, makers of IPS e.max^® products, announced today that they have filed a patent-infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against Dentsply International Inc., Dentsply Prosthetics, and DeguDent GmbH. Ivoclar Vivadent asserts that Dentsply’s Celtra^TM products infringe four patents issued in the United States covering lithium-silicate technologies that Ivoclar Vivadent developed.  Ivoclar Vivadent considers this technology and the patents protecting this technology very valuable and will remain resolute and active in enforcing its patents.