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Vivid Laminating Technologies directly confronted a company it claims has copied its patented technology, carrying out a cease and desist order in person at this year’s FESPA Global Print Expo.
Vivid, a UK manufacturer of finishing systems, contends that its patented Velotaper technology was copied by an undisclosed Chinese manufacturer. The manufacturer was exhibiting at FESPA Global Print Expo in Berlin last week, with the allegedly copied solution on display by the undisclosed company at the show.
The VeloTaper taping system automatically applies double-sided tape onto a variety of media and substrates automatically, aiming to produce finished cut and creased print and packaging products ready for assembly.
Vivid, headed by director Lewis Evans, arrived at the company’s stand on Tuesday May 6th with a team of lawyers and bailiffs, including Sebastian Dworschak of law practice, Nordemann.
Once at the stand, a formal warning letter was delivered including a cease and desist notice. As part of the formal warning, the company was given until the following morning (May 7th) at 10am to resolve the dispute out of court.
A solution at the company’s stand was reportedly removed the following day. According to Evans, the issue came to a conclusion in Vivid’s favour, with the legal process of determining damages now beginning.
A video of the confrontation was released in a social media post by Evans on Thursday (May 8th). In the post, Evans said: “The lawyers at Nordemann, especially Sebastian Dworschak and the bailiff, were fantastic from start to finish. Now we start the process of damages.
“A massive thank you to Tiah Hallam (marketing coordinator, Vivid) and Gavin Ward (technical director, Vivid) for all your hard work and putting up with the stress of it all… Having your own ideas blatantly ripped off for the last year has been fairly stressful, I’m glad it came to a conclusion in Vivid Laminating Technologies favour this week.”
Print Monthly will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as and when they become available.
