SEKISUI CHEMICAL: Filing of Lawsuit Seeking Injunction and Damages for Patent Infringement in Relation to PVB Interlayer in Germany and Korea

TOKYO -- The High Performance Plastics Company (President: Ikusuke Shimizu) of SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (President and Representative Director: Keita Kato; hereinafter “SEKISUI CHEMICAL”) has filed lawsuits for infringement of its European patent 2 017 237 (“EP ’237”), European patent 3 208 247 (“EP ’247”), European patent 3 357 888 (“EP ’888”) and European patent 3 392 222 (“EP ’222”) against Kuraray Europe GmbH (hereinafter “Kuraray Europe”), a subsidiary of Kuraray Co., Ltd., as the defendant before the District Courts Munich I (docket No. 7 O 12401/24, docket No. 7 O 12476/24 and docket No. 7 O 12477/24) and Mannheim (docket No. 2 O 92/24) in Germany. Read More