{"id":7778,"date":"2023-11-20T08:15:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T08:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i4f.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7778"},"modified":"2023-11-20T08:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T08:15:44","slug":"i4f-settles-out-of-court-with-complete-floors-for-unlabeled-drop-lock-products-on-sale-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/i4f.com\/vi\/article\/i4f-settles-out-of-court-with-complete-floors-for-unlabeled-drop-lock-products-on-sale-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"i4F settles out-of-court with Complete Floors for unlabeled drop-lock products on sale in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"        <section class=\"block hero-news article\" id=\"block_25b9bbc5f776597ab89efb38ffcdd865\">\n              <div class=\"hero-content\">\n                <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                  <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n                     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program<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Worldwide enforcement on-going to protect i4F licensees from unfair competition<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mandatory L2C labels must appear on each box of <\/em><em>rigid-core i4F drop-lock products<\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>TURNHOUT, BELGIUM \u2013 i4F\u00ae, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, today announced an out-of-court settlement with Australian distributor, Complete Floors and its suppliers. The dispute relates to the discovery of unlabeled i4F drop-lock enhanced SPC panels for sale in Australia. Each box of rigid-core products using i4F drop-lock technologies must be properly labeled using an L2C holographic label. The infringing products were discovered during i4F\u2019s on-going retailer\/ distributor sweep program, activated on all continents. The settlement amount was not disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i4F\u2019s continuous enforcement program is\u00a0in place to protect its drop-lock licensees, as well as licensees of any other i4F technology, from unfair competition by unlicensed and infringing products. Labeling compliance is scrutinized during product sweeps, conducted on all continents, to ensure mandatory L2C labels appear on each box of rigid-core products enhanced with i4F technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i4F continues to do everything in its power to safeguard its licensees, patents and technologies around the world by implementing a patent and licensing strategy providing licensees with a strong and broad scope of patent protection as well as vigorous enforcement programs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block file-list\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"block news feed latest\" id=\"block_c73b846cc96ea272f4a2041c51495269\">\n          <div class=\"container\">\n            <h6 class=\"title text-center\">Tin m\u1edbi nh\u1ea5t<\/h6>\n            <div class=\"row pb-5\">\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">Mar 31, 2026<\/p>\n                <p>i4F and Unilin Technologies\u00a0enter into non\u2011assert agreement on water\u2011repellent coating patents for laminate and wood flooring<\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/vi\/article\/i4f-and-unilin-technologies-enter-into-non%e2%80%91assert-agreement-on-water%e2%80%91repellent-coating-patents-for-laminate-and-wood-flooring\/\" class=\"more\">\u0110\u1ecdc b\u00e0i vi\u1ebft<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">Mar 25, 2026<\/p>\n                <p>Parkett Magazin &#8211; i4F: John Rietveldt in an interview of the month<\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/vi\/article\/parkett-magazin-i4f-john-rietveldt-in-an-interview-of-the-month\/\" class=\"more\">\u0110\u1ecdc b\u00e0i vi\u1ebft<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">Jan 27, 2026<\/p>\n                <p>Lioncore selects i4F as exclusive licensor for its new patented L-SPC lightweight rigid core product build-up and composition<\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/vi\/article\/lioncore-selects-i4f-as-exclusive-licensor-for-its-new-patented-l-spc-lightweight-rigid-core-product-build-up-and-composition\/\" class=\"more\">\u0110\u1ecdc b\u00e0i vi\u1ebft<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <p class=\"text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/vi\/tin-tuc\/\" class=\"btn btn-outline-secondary\">Xem t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 tin t\u1ee9c<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-7778","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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