No further probe into HFCL facilities, court seeks response on STL’s plea

The Delhi high court, listening to the contentious patent infringement matter between (STL) and HFCL Tuesday didn’t settle for the previous’s plea in search of further investigation into the latter’s Goa and Chennai manufacturing services, however sought a response from the defendant firm.

“On their plea for inspection, the court didn’t agree, and has requested us (HFCL) to reply. We have submitted our reply to STL’s baseless allegations. Court has given them time to answer,” HFCL spokesperson advised ET.

Following the inspection of HFCL’s Hyderabad’s manufacturing unit final week by court-appointed officers, the Pune-based STL Tuesday sought further probe into the HFCL’s manufacturing services primarily based in Goa and Chennai for verification and proof assortment associated to alleged patent infringement.

STL, nonetheless, stated that concerning its plea for inspection of HFCL’s different websites, the court has neither accepted nor rejected it, and would determine on it within the due course.

“The Delhi High court has continued STL’s intellectual property (IP) infringement injunction in opposition to HFCL, which restricts HFCL from manufacturing, utilizing, or promoting the infringing cables,” the Pune-based firm stated.

The spat between the 2 homegrown corporations obtained uglier when HFCL, previously Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited, based in 1987, termed STL’s allegations as baseless, and argued that the corporate has been manufacturing cable primarily based on specs supplied by a buyer since 2014.

The Delhi-based firm has been manufacturing optic fibre cable (OFC) for one of many largest telecom operators in India.
The arguments between the 2 will resume on the following date of listening to mounted as March 4.

Earlier, HFCL stated that it has already initiated a required authorized motion to get the restraining order vacated and likewise for the cancellation of the controversial patent, claimed by STL.

The two Indian corporations, that are main producers of optic fibre cable (OFC), compete carefully with one another.

STL stated that its alleged multitube micro cable expertise, has been part of its optical networking portfolio which in accordance with the rival, STL’s declare had no advantage, added that the Pune-based firm’s utility on an analogous patent was already turned down by the European Union (EU).

HFCL, in its submitting to the exchanges, stated that the corporate has acquired an ex-parte order handed by the Delhi excessive court filed by STL, restraining the manufacturing and gross sales till the following date of listening to.

Earlier this month, STL citing infringement of its patent quantity 335369 (144F variant) filed a case on the Delhi excessive court.

On January 19, the court in its ex-parte order restrained further enterprise actions associated to the controversial patent for multitube micro cable expertise. Pehal News