Kaneka Corporation has agreed to settle with Shenzhou Biology and Technology Co., Ltd. in the U.S. patent infringement lawsuit relating to oxidized coenzyme Q10

PASADENA, Texas, Dec. 20, 2017 /CNW/ -- Kaneka Corporation has been in dispute with Xiamen Kingdomway Group Company, Pacific Rainbow International Inc., and Shenzhou Biology and Technology Co., Ltd. since March 2011, when Kaneka instituted a patent infringement action against the companies in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging infringement of Kaneka's U.S. Patent No. 7,910,340 relating to coenzyme Q10 (Kaneka Q10™).

In April, 2014, the US District Court for the Central District of California granted the Defendants' motions for summary judgment and denied Kaneka's motion for summary judgment, but after an appeal by Kaneka, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case to the District Court in June, 2015.

On November 5, 2017, Kaneka agreed to settle with Shenzhou Biology and Technology Co., Ltd. and the parties agreed to establish comprehensive arrangements for future business. The two parties have agreed that Kaneka will distribute Shenzhou's Q10 product in North America as one of its channels and that Shenzhou will distribute Kaneka's Ubiquinol product in China.

Kaneka continues the dispute with Xiamen Kingdomway Group Company and Pacific Rainbow International Inc., for the District Court case in the Central District of California and with Zhejiang Medicine Co. Ltd. and ZMC-USA, LLC for the similar District Court case in the Southern District of Texas.

Contact Information:
Richard Weis
Kaneka Corporation
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SOURCE Kaneka Corporation