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3M and sia Abrasives Settle Patent Infringement Disputes

November 12, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

3M Company, 3M Deutschland GmbH, 3M Innovative Properties Company, sia Abrasives Deutschland GmbH and sia Abrasives Industries AG have settled patent infringement lawsuits brought by 3M in the District Court of Mannheim in Germany and the Federal Patent Court in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Robert Bosch GmbH has withdrawn its related opposition to 3M’s patent rights.

3M logoThe lawsuits concerned 3M’s patented technology relating to precision shaped abrasive grain. Terms of the settlement are confidential.

3M’s Cubitron II products containing precision shaped abrasive grain are used in the collision repair industry.

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