Warn wins patent case in China
A Chinese court has ruled that two Chinese companies infringed on Warn Industries’ patents on its PullzAll hand-held tool and ordered them to immediately stop making, selling or offering the infringed product.
infringement lawsuit in China against two Chinese companies.
The judgment by the Beijing No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court found that the two companies — Ningbo Samlo Machinery Co. Ltd and Beijing TenglieHengxin Hoisting Machinery Co. Ltd. — had copied Warn’s patents and sold the illegal products in a number of countries, including Australia, the United States, Sweden and the Netherlands, among others.
“We wanted to send a clear and unambiguous message that we will not tolerate the manufacture or sale of products that infringe on our patents and intellectual property,” said Warn president John Stransky. “Warn spends a great deal of time in the design of products that our customers trust and know will be of exceptional quality,” he said. “We will enforce our patents rather than allow any inferior products on the market purported to be the same as a WARN product.”
Warn developed the PullzAll several years ago to answer a need from a number of different market segments. With a pulling and hoisting capability of 1,000 pounds, it is used by hunters, DIYers, contractors, farmers and ranchers and many others. The tool comes in either a battery operated version or a corded version and is easily carried by hand.
The verdict of the court was handed down on Dec. 18 after a panel hearing on Dec. 12 in Beijing.
