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The courts were still full of action that impacted the tire business in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19.
The courts were still full of action that impacted the tire business in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19.
A years-long legal dispute over labor representation at a Kumho Tire USA Inc. plant in Macon, Ga., apparently came to an end with the counting of disputed ballots that resulted in a narrow victory for union backers.
The company and labor organizers have been at odds since 2017, the year after the $450 million plant opened.
The United Steelworkers (USW) union claimed victory over the summer when contested ballots from a September 2019 vote were opened. Union supporters had a 141-137 lead heading into consideration of 13 contested ballots.
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TOKYO Bridgestone Corp. is claiming victory in a patent infringement lawsuit in China against Chinese tire manufacturer Shandong Vheal Group Co. Ltd.
The lawsuit, which was filed in September 2017, involved patent rights protecting Bridgestone s R118 truck tire tread pattern, which was developed by the group for China and other Asian markets, the tire maker said.
Bridgestone claimed in its suit with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court that Shandong Vheal manufactured and sold truck tires utilizing a tread pattern that was covered under a Bridgestone patent.
In June 2020, Bridgestone said, the Beijing court upheld its claim and ordered Shandong Vheal to cease activities that are in violation of the group s patent rights and to pay approximately $76,500 in damages to Bridgestone. The court issued its decision in October 2020.
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