Patent problem; Former WMI unit loses liner lawsuit.(News)(Poly America wins former Waste Management Inc. unit Gundle/SLT Environmental patent case)(Brief Article)
Waste News, January, 2003 by Renstrom, Roger
Byline: Roger Renstrom
Poly-America Inc. has won a lawsuit alleging a Gundle/SLT Environmental Inc. business infringed on a patent.
The civil trial, held in the U.S. District Court in Dallas, concluded Dec. 19 with the jury returning its verdict for an award of $12 million.
``GSE intends to appeal in due course,'' said Roger J. Klatt, GSE executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.
Initially, Houston-based GSE plans to seek a reversal in the trial court. The lawsuit revolved around whether Serrot International Inc. infringed on a Poly-America patent in the production and sale of Serrot's smooth-edge textured line of geomembranes for several markets. Privately held Poly-America of Grand Prairie, Texas,...
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