BRP Wins Lawsuit Against Arctic Cat in Canada
The Federal Court of Canada handed BRP an important victory against its competitor Arctic Cat regarding BRPs frame patent, which was at the heart of the Ski-Doo REV revolution;
- The Federal Court of Canada handed BRP an important victory against its competitor Arctic Cat regarding BRPs frame patent, which was at the heart of the Ski-Doo REV revolution;
The Federal Court of Canada issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the sale, use and distribution of all Arctic Cat snowmobiles in Canada that infringe BRPs Canadian patent; The effective date of the permanent injunction is set for July 6, 2020;
The Court also ordered Arctic Cat to pay BRP a royalty of CA$135 per unit that infringes the frame patent since MY2008. - VALCOURT, Quebec, June 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BRP (TSX: DOO; NASDAQ: DOOO) announced today that the Federal Court of Canada has rendered a decision favorable to BRP in a lawsuit launched in December 2011 against Arctic Cat, where BRP argued that Arctic Cat infringed certain of its patents related to BRPs revolutionary Ski-Doo REV snowmobiles.
- I couldnt be more pleased with the decision of the Federal Court of Canada, said Martin Langelier, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Public Affairs at BRP.
- It also ordered Arctic Cat to pay BRP a royalty of CA$135 per unit that infringes the frame patent since MY2008.