{"id":1639,"date":"2017-03-08T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i4f.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1639"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:46:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:46:33","slug":"innovations4flooring-wins-european-patent-office-case-against-unilin","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/i4f.com\/zh-hans\/article\/innovations4flooring-wins-european-patent-office-case-against-unilin\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovations4Flooring wins European Patent Office case against Unilin"},"content":{"rendered":"        <section class=\"block hero-news article\" id=\"block_60d49df0b343e\">\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\">2017\u5e74 3\u6708 8\u65e5<\/p>\n                        <h1 class=\"h4\">Innovations4Flooring wins European Patent Office case against Unilin<\/h1>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"block text \" id=\"block_60d49df0b343f\">\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><strong><em>Strength of 3L TripleLock patent EP2440724 once again confirmed<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><em>EPO rejects all oppositions from Unilin in full favour of I4F\u2019s patent<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Innovations4Flooring (I4F), a technology company providing flooring installation solutions, today announced that it has won a European Patent Office (EPO) opposition case against the Unilin group. The validity of I4F\u2019s 3L TripleLock EP2440724 was confirmed by the EPO\u2019s opposition division, and all oppositions filed by Unilin on the patent were rejected. This means that licensees of I4F\u2019s 3L Triple Lock patent have an extensive scope of protection across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I4F\u2019s 3L TripleLock one piece drop-lock technology has patents granted in most countries worldwide and multiple additional patent applications pending. The European Patent Office (EPO) granted another new European divisional* for 3L TripleLock, EP2719845, expanding the total scope of its protection in Europe and providing licensees with additional legal certainty of its innovative character. No oppositions were ever made against this patent by the competition demonstrating the solidity of 3L TripleLock\u2019s patent architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I4F\u2019s technology is already being used on millions of square meters of different types of flooring, including laminate, wood, luxury vinyl tiles, Rigid Core Flooring (RCF) and Multi-Layer Flooring (MLF). I4F is the original creator and provider of a truly innovative one piece drop-lock solution, protected by a sound international patent portfolio, based on a threefold locking mechanism, suitable for laminate, LVT, wooden flooring panels as well as RCF and MLF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Rietveldt, CEO of Innovations4Flooring said, \u201cThis latest victory is yet another example of how Unilin\u2019s market behavior is based more on threats than on facts.&nbsp;&nbsp; The EPO\u2019s decision is yet further reinforcement of our patent\u2019s strength and its added value for our licensees. They have rock-solid protection to use 3L TripleLock across Europe and are free to choose which system they, and their customers, prefer. This is another leap forward on our path to revolutionize the global flooring industry through freedom of choice and game changing innovations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong>:<br>Gilliane Palmer &nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gilliane@innovations4flooring.com\">gilliane@innovations4flooring.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note to editors<\/em>:<br><em>* A European divisional is a patent application which is based on the same subject-matter as its \u2018parent\u2019 patent (in this case 3L TripleLock EP\u2019 724), while the invention is defined in differently formulated claims.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"block news feed latest\" id=\"block_60d49df0b3440\">\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\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-1639","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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