{"id":1376,"date":"2019-01-25T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i4f.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1376"},"modified":"2021-06-24T13:38:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:38:53","slug":"i4f-beauflor-and-carpet-express-settle-us-infringement-lawsuit-on-luxury-vinyl-boardwalk-branded-products-out-of-court","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/i4f.com\/zh-hans\/article\/i4f-beauflor-and-carpet-express-settle-us-infringement-lawsuit-on-luxury-vinyl-boardwalk-branded-products-out-of-court\/","title":{"rendered":"I4F, Beauflor and Carpet Express settle US infringement lawsuit on luxury vinyl \u201cBoardwalk\u201d branded products out of court"},"content":{"rendered":"        <section class=\"block hero-news article\" id=\"block_60d4578ddc730\">\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                      <div class=\"hero-body\">\n                        <p class=\"date\">2019\u5e74 1\u6708 25\u65e5<\/p>\n                        <h1 class=\"h4\">I4F, Beauflor and Carpet Express settle US infringement lawsuit on luxury vinyl \u201cBoardwalk\u201d branded products out of court<\/h1>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"block text \" id=\"block_60d4578ddc731\">\n          <div class=\"container\">\n  <div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"col-md-6 offset-md-3 order-md-1\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><strong>Beauflor signing non-assert agreement with I4F for U.S. Patent No. 10,053,868 on Boardwalk luxury vinyl plank products using 5Gi system in the US<\/strong><\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>WILLEMSTAD, CURA\u00c7AO \u2013 I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, today announced the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit it filed in the United States against US retailer Carpet Express and Beauflor USA, LLC. I4F\u2019s filing related to the Beauflor Boardwalk collection of luxury vinyl plank products, using V\u00e4linge\u2019s 5Gi locking system, which I4F alleged was in clear infringement of US 10,053,868.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the settlement, Beauflor&nbsp;<strong>is signing a non-assertion agreement with I4F for one patent of its 3L TripleLock technology in the US in relation to the 5Gi technology<\/strong>. In addition, all boxes containing Beauflor Boardwalk luxury vinyl plank products using 5Gi locking being imported or sold in the US will be marked with I4F\u2019s patent number US\u2019 868.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Rietveldt, I4F\u2019s CEO, says, \u201cWe are pleased that we have been able to arrive at this swift settlement with Beauflor. I4F continues to do everything in its power to safeguard its licensees, patents and technologies around the world by implementing a patent strategy providing licensees with transparency and flexibility as well as a strong and broad scope of patent protection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block file-list\">\n    <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/190125-I4F-News-Release-Beauflor-ENGLISH-1.pdf\" class=\"more\" target=\"blank\">ENGLISH VERSION<\/a><\/p>\n    <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/190128-I4F-News-Release-Beauflor-CHINESE-1.pdf\" class=\"more\" target=\"blank\">CHINESE VERSION<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"block news feed latest\" id=\"block_60d4578ddc732\">\n          <div class=\"container\">\n            <h6 class=\"title text-center\">\u6700\u65b0\u52a8\u6001<\/h6>\n            <div class=\"row pb-5\">\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">2026\u5e74 3\u6708 31\u65e5<\/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\/zh-hans\/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\">\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">2026\u5e74 3\u6708 25\u65e5<\/p>\n                <p>Parkett Magazin &#8211; i4F: John Rietveldt in an interview of the month<\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/zh-hans\/article\/parkett-magazin-i4f-john-rietveldt-in-an-interview-of-the-month\/\" class=\"more\">\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">2026\u5e74 1\u6708 27\u65e5<\/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\/zh-hans\/article\/lioncore-selects-i4f-as-exclusive-licensor-for-its-new-patented-l-spc-lightweight-rigid-core-product-build-up-and-composition\/\" class=\"more\">\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-1376","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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