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MicroAire Prevails in Liposuction Patent Dispute




By Sébastien ODDOS member of a.d.c.i. - Date : 2011-11-11 - Country : ETATS-UNIS - Subject : Economics - IP Field : Industrial Property


MicroAire (the owner of patents on Power Assisted Liposuction or PAL), received a letter last month from attorneys representing Euromi (maker of "Tickle Lipo") in which the company says it is prepared to discontinue sales of its "Lipomatic" device by the end of the year.

This decision by Euromi comes as a direct result of patent-infringement claims made by MicroAire against Euromi, and despite Euromi's formal denial of those claims. 

According to a 2011 survey of over 1,700 surgeon-members of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), MicroAire's PAL is the most widely used and most preferred alternative to manual liposuction. The survey also indicates [...]

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