Varta Microbattery GmbH Charged with Patent Infringement
28 7월 2006 - 6:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
ECD Ovonics' Battery Subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Files ITC
Action ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) (NASDAQ:ENER) today
announced that its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc., filed
a complaint yesterday with the U.S. International Trade Commission
(ITC) charging Varta Microbattery GmbH, Varta AG and Varta
Microbattery, Inc. (Varta) with patent infringement of Varta's
consumer nickel metal hydride battery button cell products. The
complaint alleges that Varta has engaged in unfair trade practices
by manufacturing and importing infringing batteries into the U.S.
and requests that the ITC exclude those infringing products from
further importation into the United States. The complaint was filed
under Section 337 of the Trade Act of 1930 which prohibits unfair
methods of competition in import trade and is traditionally used to
enforce patents and trademarks against international encroachments.
About ECD Ovonics: ECD Ovonics is the leader in the synthesis of
new materials and the development of advanced production technology
and innovative products. It has invented, pioneered and developed
its proprietary, enabling technologies in the fields of energy and
information leading to new products and production processes based
on amorphous, disordered and related materials. The company's
portfolio of alternative energy solutions includes Ovonic thin-film
amorphous solar cells, modules, panels and systems for generating
solar electric power; Ovonic NiMH batteries; Ovonic hydride storage
materials capable of storing hydrogen in the solid state for use as
a feedstock for fuel cells or internal combustion engines or as an
enhancement or replacement for any type of hydrocarbon fuel; and
Ovonic fuel cell technology. ECD Ovonics' proprietary advanced
information technologies include Ovonic phase-change electrical
memory, Ovonic phase-change optical memory and the Ovonic Threshold
Switch. ECD Ovonics designs and builds manufacturing machinery that
incorporates its proprietary production processes, maintains
ongoing research and development programs to continually improve
its products and develops new applications for its technologies.
ECD Ovonics holds the basic patents in its fields. More information
on ECD is available at http://www.ovonic.com/ . DATASOURCE: Energy
Conversion Devices, Inc. CONTACT: Ghazaleh Koefod, Investor
Relations or Dick Thompson, Media Relations of Energy Conversion
Devices, Inc., +1-248-293-0440 Web site: http://www.ovonic.com/
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