RESTON, Va., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Convergence Technologies (USA), LLC today responded to the decision given by the Taiwanese Court in regards to the infringement lawsuit filed against Taiwan Microloops Corporation.
In 2008, Convergence attempted to protect endusers by limiting the patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan Microloops Corporation to only Taiwan despite its reputation in patent protection. In an unsurprising ruling given on September 7th of 2009, the Taiwan court, after only two hours of validity hearing, sided with Microloops and summarily dismissed all 26 relevant claims with a simple assertion that the two patents lacked novelty and inventiveness. This is despite the fact that the court knew about the recent allowance of a third patent in Taiwan from the same technology, and that Patent Offices from around the world, including that of the United States have approved the same patent despite having been presented the exact same prior arts that Microloops used in their validity challenge.
"The speed and nonchalance of the court's actions indicate a direct challenge to the authority and competence of their own patent office, and so we see again that the level of patent protection is not the same in Taiwan as say the United States," said Dr. Steven H. Lee, Founding President & CEO of Convergence Technologies Limited. Dr. Lee further stated that "Given this ruling, the fact that Microloops has begun predatory pricing against us, and has during the trial refused to even admit ownership of the alleged infringing products, we now find ourselves in the reluctant position of having to take actions in a western jurisdiction, which in many cases would have to include the endusers since Microloops does not have a legal presence in these jurisdictions and 'constructive notice' has already been served with the shipment of our products early this year bearing the relevant patent numbers. We are confident the market understands our intention and situation. Meanwhile, the Taiwan court's ruling will be made available on our website ( http://www.ctl-intl.com/legalissues.ejf ) within a couple weeks so interested readers can render their own judgment on possible final outcomes."
About Convergence Technologies Limited:
Convergence Technologies (USA) LLC was established in the Eastern District of Virginia and owns the USA patent on a proprietary vapor chamber technology, which is commercialized through CT Electronics Limited. Both Convergence (USA) and CT Electronics are subsidiaries of Convergence Technologies Limited.
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