Valinge puts pressure on Barlinek on eve of IPO

"We believe the technology applied by Barlinek is similar to our patented solutions," said Darko Pervan, president of Valinge. "This is not true. We are not violating any patent, as we work with the application of our own solutions," replied Wojciech Ciesielski, legal advisor of Barlinek. The Polish company is currently in the process of patenting its technology and the patent authority is now examining whether the system violates any other patents. The Patent Office has so far not expressed any such doubts. Interestingly, the Swedish producer is protesting at a point in time when Barlinek is carrying out its IPO. "We will try to convince Barlinek to buy our license. If our arguments are not accepted, we will begin legal proceedings," said Darko Pervan. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 9) M.M.