Full Version: Sawgrass Sub Ink Patent upheld by EPO
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#1]
3 Dec 2006
To: ALL
The European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld a core Sawgrass Technologies patent (No. 0778798B1) for liquid sublmation inks and inkjet printing processes and found no basis for changing the scope of the patent.
Nathan Hale, founder and CEO of Sawgrass, says, "The EPO review was exhaustive and its decision is a clear victory for our customers and the technological value we bring to them."
To my knowledge, Texas Original Graphics, (TOG) is the last United States company involved in selling liquid sublimation ink (Sublibrite), which doesn't fall under the Sawgrass umbrella, with those brands being Sublijet and ArTainium.
A while back, I spoke to a TOG representative and asked if there was any pre-trial wrangling, going on behind the scenes.
I was told, "No. We're looking forward to our day in court.", which will take place in October of 2007.
EDITED: 3 Dec 2006 by DGL