About Välinge Technologies Contacts English News Licensees Jobs Search Latest articlesPopular articles Välinge confident of US patent validity Viken, Sweden - 28 September 2017 The Curaçao-based company Innovations4Flooring recently filed a petition for Inter Partes Review (IPR) of the Välinge patent U.S. Patent No 7,398,625. All documents referred to in the IPR were already considered by the Patent Office during the examination of the patent and are therefore on record. It is Välinge’s strong belief that the claims of the patent will be found patentable by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. "We assume that Innovations4Flooring believes that the U.S. Patent 7,398,625 is relevant for their own locking system and therefore filed the petition for IPR. Välinge will continue to defend its intellectual property against challengers and infringers in the marketplace to the full extent of the law, thereby also protecting the interest of our licensees", says Niclas Håkansson, CEO of Välinge Innovation. U.S. Patent No 7,398,625 is part of an extensive patent protection that Välinge is offering its licensees. The protection comprises about 180 Välinge US patents and applications related to locking for long and short side of floor boards. Additionally, Välinge has sublicensing- and non-assertion rights to patents from third parties such as Classen, Unilin, IVC, Mannington and US Floors (including exclusive and semi-exclusive rights to several of such third party patents), thereby providing a very broad protection. "Our advanced R&D centre related to flooring technology in combination with our broad global patent portfolio including over 1,600 granted patents are key factors to why more than 200 licensees worldwide have chosen Välinge technologies in order to bring their flooring products to the next level”, says Niclas Håkansson. Christian Liedholm Hartmann Communication & Marketing Send Email Permalink Older news Flens BV to provide cleaner designs and more customer benefits with Threespine® Viken, Sweden - 8 September 2017 Välinge has signed a license agreement with the Dutch furniture manufacturer Flens BV for the use of Threespine® click furniture technology. Flens will implement Threespine in the company’s products thereby offering its customers easy assembly and advanced design opportunities. Read more Bierson Corporation seeks efficiency and quality benefits by implementing Threespine® click furniture technology Viken, Sweden - 25 August 2017 3D laminate component producer Bierson Corporation has signed a license agreement with Välinge for the use of Threespine® click furniture technology. Read more Chinese floor producer chooses 5G® for resilient flooring expansion Viken, Sweden - 7 July 2017 Chinese floor producer Jiangyin Funuo New Decoration Materials Co., Ltd. has entered into a global non-exclusive license agreement with Välinge for the use of the 2G and 5G® locking systems in WPC and LVT/SPC flooring products. Read more Threespine® technology in new range of easily assembled kitchens from leading Nordic consumer retailer Viken, Sweden - 16 June 2017 The Norwegian consumer electronics retailer Elkjøp, in other countries more known as Elgiganten, is set to launch a new range of kitchens featuring Threespine® click furniture technology by Välinge. Read more Threespine® click furniture technology receives interzum award Viken, Sweden - 12 May 2017 Välinge is proud to announce that its Threespine® click furniture technology has received the 2017 interzum award. The award emphasises the significance of design as a value added factor and the winners are regarded as the best products in the international furniture supplier industry. Read more Välinge Director of Legal Affairs named Swedish In-House Legal Counsel of the year Viken, Sweden - 24 March 2017 On March 23, Välinge Director of Legal Affairs Marcus Palm was handed the award Swedish In-House Legal Counsel of the year during Bolagsjuristernas Förening’s (BJF) spring meeting. Read more Mannington extends patent collaboration with Välinge to include US Floors patents Viken, Sweden - 22 March 2017 American floor producer Mannington Mills, Inc. has reached an agreement with Välinge related to LVT and WPC flooring with mechanical locking system. Read more ‹1234› Copyright © Välinge Innovation AB. All rights reserved. Log in