22.04.2010

JCB succeeds with legal action against Bauma exhibits

JCB has successfully applied for court injunctions in Germany to have the products of three “Far Eastern manufacturers” removed from the Bauma show for copyright and patent infringements.

The company successfully applied for court orders in Germany resulting in preliminary injunctions being served against one telehandler company, believed to be XCMG and two loader backhoe manufacturers who were exhibiting the infringing machines at Bauma.
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One of the covered machines at Bauma 2010

As a result of the action, the machines had to be either removed from the show and impounded or concealed from view.

Tim Burnhope, JCB's group managing director of product development and commercial operations, said: "JCB will not tolerate blatant copying of its machines or infringement of internationally-recognised patents and in every instance will act quickly and decisively to stamp out such unfair practices.”

“JCB invests many years and many millions of pounds developing and innovating new products and it's clearly unfair for any manufacturer to then simply free-ride on the results of that investment and research. As an industry we all have to unite to prevent such unlawful practices. "