Procter & Gamble Sues Oral Goods Business for Patent Infringement

2017/03/28

P&G filed its lawsuit against Ranir at the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division on March 20. The suit focused on US patent number 5,891,453 and US number 5,894,017. According to the suit, Ranir manufactures products that infringe its patent for companies such as Walmart and Kroger. P&G argued that, “with full knowledge” that the patents expired on June 6 this year, Ranir manufactured the products. P&G asked for preliminary and permanent injunctions against Ranir, pre-judgment interest, triple damages, costs, attorneys’ fees and a jury trial.

Source: WIPR