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Solvay charges Chinese firm with patent infringement

by Marc S. Reisch
February 23, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 8

 

Solvay says it is the latest victim of unfair competition from a Chinese competitor. The Belgian firm has filed a lawsuit in a Chinese court charging Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary with violating patents covering its Cyasorb THT light- and heat-protecting polymer additives. Beijing Tiangang ignored attempts to amicably resolve the matter, Solvay says, so it is now seeking injunctive relief, damages, and attorneys’ fees. Earlier this month, a US grand jury indicted a polymer scientist for stealing can-coating technology from Eastman Chemical and conspiring with a Chinese national to set up a competing business in China (see page 13).

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