JCB used court orders in Germany to take action against three Asian manufacturers that were displaying copied equipment at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, Germany. As a result of the legal action, the machines were either removed from the show or concealed from view.
April 3, 2012
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633 JCB used court orders in Germany to take action against three Asian manufacturers that were displaying copied equipment at the 386 Bauma exhibition in Munich, Germany. As a result of the legal action, the machines were either removed from the show or concealed from view.
"JCB will not tolerate blatant copying of its machines or infringement of internationally-recognised patents and in every instance will act quickly and decisively to stamp out such unfair practices,” said JCB group managing director of product development Tim Burnthorpe.
“JCB invests many years and many millions of pounds developing and innovating new products and it's clearly unfair for any manufacturer to then simply free-ride on the results of that investment and research. As an industry we all have to unite to prevent such unlawful practices."
