Dispute regarding sealing of plastic bags, Maritime and Commercial Court (Sø- og Handelsretten), 15 July 2011

The case determined whether Abena A/S (hereinafter "Abena") waste bags with lace up sealing, which had a seam with curved corners in one side of the bag, infringed Etradan BS ApS´ (hereinafter "Etradan")patent nr. DK 176709. The Court found that Etradan did not successfully prove that the extra seam on Abena´s bag was aimed at solving  the same problem as the patented bag and consequently the Court found that Abena did not infringe Etradan´s patent.

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