Tate & Lyle files sucralose patent case with ITC

10 April 2007 14:23  [Source: ICIS news]

TORONTO (ICIS news)--Tate & Lyle has filed a case with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging infringement of its sucralose patents by three Chinese producers and 18 distributors, the company said on Tuesday.

 

The London-based international food ingredients company last year filed a case in a US federal court against a number Chinese companies and distributors in this matter. That case has so far resulted in settlements with three defendants, it said.

 

“As a next step after launching our federal case in 2006, we are now ready to proceed with this broader ITC case and so extend our enforcement action to two more Chinese manufacturing groups, who have stolen our technology, as well as their distribution networks in the US,” Robert Gibber, general counsel of Tate & Lyle, said.

 

The ITC is a US federal government agency with jurisdiction over trade matters. It has the right to exclude products from import into the US that are shown to infringe a US patent.

 

Tate & Lyle describes itself as a leader in industrial starches and sucralose. It makes the SPLENDA-brand sucralose, a no-calorie sweetener made from sugar that is used to sweeten over 4,000 products.

 

Further details and a list of the defendants are available on Tate’s website.

By: Stefan Baumgarten
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