Advertise On EU-Digest

Annual Advertising Rates

8/3/05

vnunet.com: Euro banknotes 'infringe' US patent says US-based document security firm

vnunet.com

Euro banknotes 'infringe' US patent says US-based document security firm

A US-based document security firm yesterday claimed that every Euro banknote in circulation infringes on a patent it owns covering anti-counterfeiting technology. In pursuance of its claim Document Security Systems lodged a lawsuit to recover damages “at the rate of a reasonable royalty” from the European Central Bank of Frankfurt, Germany. In its complaint lodged in the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, the company alleges that all Euro banknotes in circulation infringe its European Patent 455750B1, which covers a method of incorporating an anti-counterfeiting feature into banknotes or similar security documents to protect against forgeries by digital scanning and copying devices.

No comments: