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(Food Production Daily) --
Austrian bottle and preform producer Alpla said it has secured an important
legal victory in its battle with Italian company Cobarr over a disputed PET
patent. Alpla said that the German Patent Court had revoked Cobarr’s European
patent 0 964 031 with all claims directed to a polyester resin having average
nylon domain sizes between 0.2 and less than 1 micron except for those requiring
premixing with and/or the presence of a dianhydride. The decision only has
jurisdiction in Germany.
Cobarr is a subsidiary of Milan-based M&G (Mossi & Ghisolfi)
Group. A company spokesman confirmed the firm would be appealing the
decision.
But Alpla signalled its determination to continue with the legal
battle.
The Austrian company employs almost 11,000 employees at 128 plants in 37
countries. It manufacturers bottle, performs, caps and tubes, posting a turnover
in 2009 of ?2.145bn.
mrcplast.com
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