Faus Patent Upheld by Chinese IP Office

Calhoun, GA, June 25, 2008– Faus said that on June 20 the State Intellectual Property Office in China upheld the company's patent for embossed in register technology for laminate flooring products.

A motion to invalidate the patent was filed last year by the Hangzhou Bai Ju Yi Floor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., the affiliate of Hangzhou Singular Group, after Faus’s subsidiary based in Shanghai, China, commenced a patent infringement action against Hangzhou Singular and its affiliate in a Shanghai Court.

On February 25 the Shanghai court issued an infringement verdict in favor of Faus. The patent is the Chinese counterpart of Faus's U.S. Patent No. "Embossed-In-Register Manufacturing Process," which issued on October 28, 2003.