人：荷蘭商Hunter Douglas VS 窗簾大廠億豐
事：億豐及12家美國子公司在美國遭荷蘭商Hunter Douglas控告侵害專利
時：2016/3
地：USPTO
物：該案由加州中區聯邦地院審理，荷蘭商Hunter Douglas主張Norman
International等12家美國子公司製造、銷售的無拉繩蜂巢簾產品，侵害其美國專利。
摘要：
億豐旗下有七個窗簾工廠，其中兩個專攻美國內需市場，四個在中國大陸；另外，柬埔寨三豐廠在2014年投產，貢獻獲利頗豐，二期新廠去年底完工，預計今年第1季投產。
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Methods
for operating window covers
US 8720525 B2
ABSTRACT
A
window cover system includes an extendible window cover that has a pair of lift
cords. A lift cord pulley shaft is coupled to a pair of spaced apart lift
pulleys. A spring drive unit is constructed of a beveled gear system with a
first gear that is spring biased to resist rotation of the first gear in one
direction of rotation, and a second gear meshed with the first gear. The lift
cord pulley shaft is operably coupled to the second gear and is configured to
rotate therewith. The spring drive unit has a single output and no input, and
the single output is coupled to the first gear.
Methods
for operating window covers
US 8887788 B2
ABSTRACT
A
window cover system includes an extendible window cover with a pair of lift
cords. A lift cord pulley shaft is coupled to a pair of spaced apart lift cord
pulleys. A spring drive unit has a beveled gear system with a first gear that
is spring biased to resist rotation of first gear in one direction of rotation,
and a second gear meshed with the first gear. The lift cord pulley shaft
extends through the second gear and is configured to rotate therewith.
PS.
Hunter
Douglas owns and operates Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc. (“HD Window
Fashions”), whose principal place of business is at One Duette Way, Broomfield,
CO 80020.
U.S. Patent No. 8,720,525, entitled “Methods for Operating Window
Covers” (the “‘525 Patent”), was duly and legally issued by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office on May 13, 2014. A true and correct copy of the ‘525 Patent is
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The
Andrew J. Toti Testamentary Trust is the lawful owner of all right, title, and
interest in and to the ‘525 Patent. Hunter Douglas is the exclusive licensee of
the ‘525 Patent in the field of window covering products.
U.S. Patent No.
8,887,788, entitled “Methods for Operating Window Covers” (the “‘788 Patent”),
was duly and legally issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on November
18, 2014. A true and correct copy of the ‘788 Patent is attached hereto as
Exhibit B.
The
Andrew J. Toti Testamentary Trust is the lawful owner of all rights, title, and
interest in and to the ‘788 Patent. Hunter Douglas is the exclusive licensee of
the ‘788 Patent in the field of window covering products.
Upon
information and belief, Defendants, jointly and severally, make, use, have
made, offer for sale, sell, and/or import into the United States window
coverings and ready-made cordless window blinds including, but not limited to,
blinds sold under the brand names Norman® Portrait™, Home Decorators
Collection, DesignView, Richfield Studio, RealSimple, and JCP Home (the
“Accused Products”), that infringe one or more claims of the ‘525 Patent and/or
the ‘788 Patent, including but not limited to, the Norman® Glacier 36x60, HDC
Sahara 23x72, HDC Sahara 35x48, HDC Snow Drift 23x48, HDC Mocha 29x72, HDC
14C2130204, and DesignView® Birch 23x48 products. All of the Accused Products
are window cover systems as claimed in the ‘525 Patent and the ‘788 Patent.
Upon
information and belief, Defendant Nien Made acts as the manufacturer and
supplier of the Accused Products, and Defendants Norman International, Norman
Colorado, Nien Made USA, Blinds.com, Norman Window, Custom Craft, Norman
Arizona, Norman Dallas, Norman Florida, Norman Illinois, Norman Las Vegas,
Norman San Jose, and Norman Virginia act as distributors of the Accused
Products in the United States.
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