Cable manufacturer Prysmian Group and its subsidiary in the UK Prysmian Cables & Systems Limited have settled proceedings for patent infringement in the UK High Court against Emtelle UK Limited.
The proceedings were issued in November 2020 in the High Court of England and Wales. Prysmian claimed that Emtelle’s FibreFlow Minicable products infringed the UK designations of Prysmian’s European Patents EP(UK) 1,420,279 B1 and EP (UK) 1,668,392B1 for fibre optic cables.
Emtelle has admitted that one or more of the patents in the action were infringed by certain FibreFlow Minicable products sold by Emtelle.
Following extensive discussions, Prysmian Group reached an agreement with Emtelle to settle the action and other potential claims under the related patent families internationally. As a result of this settlement, Emtelle will take a royalty-bearing licence under the Patents and EP 2,390,700 B1 and their international patent families.
Also, as part of a commercial deal between the companies, Emtelle has entered a supply agreement with Prysmian to be able to offer Prysmian products in certain countries throughout the world including Europe and North America.
“We are pleased to see this lawsuit come to an end,” said Tony Rodgers, CEO at Emtelle.
“Emtelle respects intellectual property rights, and we feel the mutual agreement reached between Emtelle and Prysmian will work in favour of both parties. We will now focus exclusively on what we do best, providing end to end fibre cabling and ducted network solutions.”