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Avery Dennison Announces Patent Infringement Suit against UPM Raflatac

Seeks to prevent UPM Raflatac from manufacturing, marketing or selling Raflex MDO without a license

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Avery Dennison announced that it has filed a lawsuit in Germany against UPM Raflatac, asserting that Raflex MDO infringes European Patent Number 2 049 333 B1, Avery Dennison’s patent on its Global MDO pressure-sensitive film product. In the suit, Avery Dennison asks the German court to prevent UPM Raflatac from manufacturing, marketing, or selling Raflex MDO without a license. Global MDO is protected under patents granted in both Europe and China, and has patent applications pending in the U.S. ...

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