ABINGDON, England, Feb. 25,
2013/PRNewswire/—
P2i, the world leader in liquid repellent nano-coating
technology, announces it has commenced legal proceedings against
Europlasma NV, a Belgian manufacturer of plasma equipment, for
patent infringement. P2i filed the lawsuit in the United States
District Court for the Central District of California.
P2i’s liquid repellent nano-coating technology is protected by a
global portfolio of 65 patent families. Working with leading brands
and manufacturers, P2i has applied the technology to tens of
millions of electronic devices worldwide.
Carl Francis, P2i’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “Since P2i
launched its splash-proof technology on smartphones and tablets in
October 2011, the demand for invisible protection against liquids,
humidity and corrosion has skyrocketed. Following the success of
P2i, and the uniqueness of our nano-coating technique, a number of
companies have emerged with solutions that have shown to be of
lesser performance and technical effect than our own. P2i alleges
that Europlasma NV has copied aspects of P2i’s protected
intellectual property.”
Mr. Francis continued, “We are very proud and passionate about
our technology, and are committed to defending the intellectual
property of our company. If necessary we will proceed with further
related lawsuits.”
P2i’s platform technology originated from the UK Ministry of
Defence through research by Dr. Stephen Coulson, who founded P2i
and today is the company’s Chief Technical Officer.
Dr. Coulson commented: “In the past decade, P2i has invested
well over 75 million dollars into the research and development of
our liquid repellent technology. As the market leader in functional
nano-coatings, we intend to protect our intellectual property to
the maximum extent against opportunistic companies offering
unproven versions of our patented technology.”
Europlasma NV has not yet responded to the lawsuit.
About P2i
P2i( http://www.p2i.com ) is the world leader in liquid
repellent nano-coating technology. It was established in 2004 to
commercialize liquid repellent treatments developed by the UK’s
Ministry of Defence. Now on a commercial scale, P2i’s patented
process has been successfully applied to a wide range of products
in a wide range of markets( http://www.p2i.com/applications.html ) including
Electronics, Lifestyle, Life Sciences, Military & Institutional
and Filtration & Energy. See http://www.p2i.com for more information.
SOURCE﹛P2i Limited