October 16, 2018
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled Monday that ski equipment maker Marker Volkl USA Inc. had shown in an inter partes review that much of a ski binding patent it is accused of infringing by rival Kneebinding Inc. is invalid as anticipated or obvious.
June 10, 2015
Ski equipment maker KneeBinding Inc. hit its German rival's U.S. arm, Marker Volkl USA, Inc., with a lawsuit in Vermont federal court alleging the company is infringing its patent by making and selling a ski binding with a lateral heel release.