Agilent Technologies Vigorously Pursues Intellectual Property Protection
August 22 2017 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Files civil lawsuit against Shanghai Echrom Electronic
Technology Co., including former Agilent employees
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) has filed a civil lawsuit
against Shanghai Echrom Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., and
several former employees of Agilent, alleging infringement of trade
secrets and petitioning the court to stop the defendants’ use of
Agilent’s proprietary technologies. The suit also requests the
court to order compensation for Agilent’s losses.
The complaint alleges trade secrets were illegally obtained by
former employees of Agilent, who later formed Shanghai Echrom
Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., and used the illegally obtained
information to imitate an Agilent gas chromatograph.
“As a leading provider of scientific instruments and solutions
for most of the world’s 265,000 analytical laboratories, our
intellectual property is at the core of our company’s success,”
said Michael Tang, Agilent senior vice president and general
counsel. “Agilent is determined to protect our IP, and will take
all appropriate legal actions against any infringements
worldwide.”
“We are encouraged by the enactment of China’s 2013 National
Intellectual Property Strategy that protects the rights of all
companies to pursue protection of intellectual property through
China’s judicial system,” Tang said.
In 1985, Agilent, through its predecessor company,
Hewlett-Packard, became the first US high-tech company to enter a
joint venture in China. It has continued to develop new
technologies and products for the worldwide and China market.
Agilent is a leader on initiatives relevant to China’s 13th Five
Year Plan, such as food safety and authenticity and solutions for
air, water, and soil quality monitoring, as well as key drug
development to fight cancer and other diseases.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), is a global leader in life
sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets. With more than
50 years of insight and innovation, our instruments, software,
services, solutions and people provide trusted answers to our
customers' most challenging questions. The company generated
revenues of $4.20 billion in fiscal 2016 and employs about 13,000
people worldwide. Information about Agilent is available at
www.agilent.com.
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