U.K. Patent County Court Denies Request

Wielsbeke, Belgium, June 2, 2006--On May 26, 2006, in a case of patent infringement on Unilin's glueless technology, The Patent County Court in London denied B&Q and Berry Floor’s request to continue enforcement of the final judgement issued on July 30, 2004 by the Court of Appeal. The case introduced in 2002 concerns the Berryloc glueless flooring product. In the aforementioned judgement, the Court of Appeal had dismissed Berry & B&Q’s validity attack and confirmed Unilin's claim that the submitted Berryloc products infringe Unilin's European Patent EP 1 024 234. In its decision on May 26, 2006, the Patent County Court denied B&Q and Berry Floor’s request to continue the damage /account of profits inquiry. As a consequence, B&Q, Responsive Designs and Berry Floor are now ordered to disclose before July 22, 2006 the volumes of infringing Berryloc sold, the revenues realized from infringing Berryloc and an estimate of all the costs attributable from which an estimate of the profits made on infringing Berryloc can be deduced. Unilin has assigned highly qualified forensic experts to assess all data provided.