The European Patent Office in Munich has ruled the European patent (EP 111 9 386) invalid, which LMA has maintained in connection with the pending lawsuits in Germany, The Netherlands and France regarding Ambu's laryngeal mask. The ruling by the European Patent Office can be appealed. Ambu is satisfied with the ruling Background Ambu has since autumn 2005 been involved in a lawsuit about alleged patent infringement. Thus in the autumn of 2005, legal proceedings were instituted against Ambu by the company LMA before a German court with a claim being set up that Ambu with its laryngeal mask had infringed LMA' patent on the reinforcement of the tip of the laryngeal mask. During the entire proceedings, Ambu has claimed that there was in fact no infringement of LMA' patent, and at the beginning of 2006, Ambu filed an objection against the validity of LMA's patent to the European Patent Office in Munich. Contact: K.E. Birk, tel. +45 7225 2000, email keb@ambu.com
The European Patent Office has invalidated the LMA patent that is the foundation for the lawsuits against Ambu in Europe
| Source: Ambu A/S