During the recent A+A exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, DSM Dyneema acted upon several trademark infringements of which one resulted in a preliminary injunction in favor of DSM Dyneema. The court ordered the Chinese infringing company to cease using registered trademarks owned by DSM.

Intellectual property is a core driver of all DSM Dyneema businesses and one of the company's key assets."This latest action in Germany signifies an important achievement for DSM Dyneema's IP strategy," says Henri Oeseburg, Business Manager High Protective Textiles, DSM Dyneema. "This achievement is an addition to our successful IP vigilance which brings value to our strategic glove partners."

The DSM Dyneema IP portfolio consists of well over 100 inventions protected by over 500 filed patents and patent applications along with trademark registrations worldwide, and is expanding all the time. "DSM Dyneema's intellectual property strategy enables DSM Dyneema to rapidly drive innovation to distinguish ourselves from the competition and deliver unique and tangible value to partners who also benefit from our reputable brand and robust IP portfolio," adds Oeseburg. The company pursues a highly committed and consistent policy of protecting its IP and if necessary defends its intellectual property rights against infringements in all markets and industries.

DSM Dyneema has a strong global track record of successful IP litigation actions around the world and in the last few years, it has successfully addressed a number of trademark and patent infringement cases around the world, such as in The Hague (NL) in 2004, Paris (FR) in 2006, Texas (US) in 2008 and most recently Belgium (March 2009) which have all resulted in court rulings forbidding the sale of infringing products in their respective countries or regions.