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Directors Beware: New Swedish judgment regarding personal liability for patent infringement

By AWA | Posted on December 8, 2017

The Swedish Patent and Market Court (PMD) announced an interesting judgment concerning the Board of Directors’ personal liability for patent infringement in October this year. The company Power Tools sued the company Royex, its chairman and president for patent infringement of cartridges for cracking stones. PMD found that the product “Royex Generation II” constitutes patent...

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