Xingraphics Prevails Again in Dutch Patent Case Brought by Agfa

In 2008, Agfa started legal proceedings against Xingraphics in the Netherlands. Agfa sought an injunction against Xingraphics arguing that the FIT and FIT Xtra plates infringe a European patent (EP 823 327), which relates to a “method for making positive photosensitive lithographic printing plates,” a patent that Agfa acquired through the acquisition of Lastra in October of 2004. In its judgment of July 22, 2009, the District Court in The Hague dismissed the claim by Agfa. The District Court decided that Agfa had not provided convincing evidence that the FIT and FIT Xtra plates infringed EP 823 327. The Court ordered Agfa to pay Xingraphics an amount of € 135,000 in legal costs.