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Blount, Inc.
Blount, Inc. Wins Patent Infringement Suit Against TriLink Saw Chain
March 28th, 2009
U.S. District Court -- A Portland jury has found in favor of Blount, Inc. (NYSE:BLT), which makes and sells chain saw chain, bar and accessories under its Oregon(R) brand, in a patent infringement action against TriLink Saw Chain, LLC, TriLink Global, LLC, Jinhua TriLink Huihuang Co., and Jinhua Huihuang Hardware Co. The jury found claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,136,783 to be valid and infringed and awarded Blount nearly two million dollars in damages for defendants' past infringement of the patent. The patent, still in effect, discloses a novel design for the nose sprocket in a chain saw guide bar. A guide bar is the bar that supports the chain on a chain saw. According...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-03-28)
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