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Presstek Sues VIM Technologies and its Distributors for Illegal Violations of Pressteks Patent and Trademark Rights
Tuesday 12. February 2008 - Presstek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRST), the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset business solutions, today announced the filing of a Complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) against Israeli printing plate manufacturer VIM Technologies, Ltd. and its manufacturing partner Hanita Coatings RCA, Ltd. for infringement of Pressteks patent and trademark rights.
Presstek also sued three U.S. based distributors of VIM products: Guaranteed Service & Supplies, Inc., Ohio Graphco Inc., and Recognition Systems Inc., as well as one Canadian based distributor, AteCe Canada. Presstek is seeking, among other things, an Order from the ITC forbidding the importation and sale of the VIM printing plates in the United States; such an Order would be enforced at all U.S. borders by the U.S. Customs Service.
Pressteks ITC Complaint alleges that VIMs “Di-R Waterless Processless Thermal Plate Rolls” infringe Pressteks U.S. Patent Nos. 5,339,737 and 5,487,338. Presstek also claims that VIM is infringing Pressteks Federally registered DI Trademark. Presstek has held this trademark since 1992