Välinge has signed several license agreements with manufacturers of wood plastic composite (WPC) and luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring, thereby extending its IP protection through cross-licenses and non-assertion undertakings.
Välinge and USFloors have signed a cross-license agreement that gives Välinge the semi-exclusive right to sub-license USFloors IP related to WPC products including the COREtec technology.
Seizure and Forfeiture Orders were issued by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against multiple companies attempting to import containers of laminate flooring that infringe upon Unilin’s pioneering glueless locking patents.
On the 29th of May 2013, Flooring Industries, the IP company of the Unilin group, has terminated its laminate and LVT license agreements with Jiangsu Daou, after obtaining evidence that this company was not honoring its contractual obligations.
MP Global Products announced recently that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent No. US 8,341,910 B2 and Patent No. 8,341,911 B2 to Alan B. Collison and Chad A. Collison, president and vice president, respectively, of MP Global Products.
Pergo LLC, along with its affiliate, Pergo (Europe) AB, recently announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Framerica Corporation of Yaphank, New York.
Hunter Douglas Window Designs, Inc., of Bessemer City, North Carolina, and Springs Window Fashions, LLC of Middleton, Wisconsin, announced recently that they have settled a patent and trademark infringement suit involving combination window shades.
Chinese wood flooring producer HuaNan HeXin Wood Co., Ltd. has signed a license for use of Välinge's mechanical locking systems. Hexin will introduce the 2G locking system on solid wood flooring products.
