But no, we left the courtroom battle to you, preferring to fight our battles in the market place. Perhaps because we told the truth about the glass fibre pipes (FASER), namely that they do not have the DVGW certification which is the passport for any German manufacturer of water supply pipes? Perhaps we shouldn't have informed the market of this? Perhaps you claim the exclusive right to provide information, or perhaps information has a specific country of origin? And of course you know only too well that we could have had recourse to the Greek courts and the Competition Commission, accusing you of unfair competition when in the Greek edition of your advertising brochure you falsely claimed that the FASER pipes had DVGW certification. For this, as our respected colleagues at Aquatherm will appreciate, is one of the most important things in this life.
As a company, and as individuals, we are not interested only in our products having friends, but in having personal friends as well. And your actions have earned us the unstinting moral support of our friends, Greek and foreign, which gave us the strength and resolve to continue discussions even more energetically during the period of the fair. It may be that the original purpose of Aquatherm was to take Interplast by surprise and create problems for us at the fair however, this purpose was not achieved.įor Interplast this was our most successful attendance at a trade fair. Should you not, as housekeepers and hosts, follow fundamental rules of hospitality? If you were determined to take action on this issue, you could have informed us before the trade fair opened so that we could have taken some action. It is not designed only for the German market. Why has the colour patent suddenly appeared now?
#Tubo aquaterm manual
On page 65 of the Greek edition of the Aquatherm technical manual (March 2004) reference is made to the expiry of the patent and the appearance of products imitating the Aquatherm colour. Why did no one bother us on the two previous occasions? We were using, and continue to use, exactly the same colour. This was the third time since 1999 that Interplast had taken part in the ISH. Why, then, did Aquatherm take legal action against Interplast? There were dozens of companies represented at the ISH 2005 with PP-R pipes and attachments in green colours. In any case, is there any definition of what constitutes similarity in terms of colours? Where does the idea of similar colour begin and where does it end?
It is similar, just as dozens of other polypropylene systems available on the market are similar. The colour is not the same, as can be seen from written assurances from the suppliers of our company's raw materials. They also wished to withdraw the technical manual for the cross-linked polyethylene pipes, claiming that the forty pages of the manual contain 6 photographs and 2 drawings showing PP-R pipes in combination with Como-pex pipes and copper joints.
#Tubo aquaterm tv
The company's DVD, which enables the whole range of our activities to be displayed on a TV screen. The company price lists (even though of their 112 pages only 13 contain references to the PP-R pipes and attachments Specifically, the following items were withdrawn: In our absence the court ordered the withdrawal of the PP-R pipes and attachments, and of all related advertising/promotional material. Specifically, the German company maintained that in the law of its country its pipes and attachments are protected for the German market with a patent covering their colour, on the basis of RAL 1506040. During the ISH 2005 International Trade Fair, held in Frankfurt from 15-19 March, the German company Aquatherm secured injunctions requiring that we withdraw our display of PP-R products.Īccording to the claims made by Aquatherm, the Interplast system (pipes and attachments) is the same or similar colour.
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