Stertil-Koni and VSG Licensing Agreements Extend to Canada

Stertil-Koni USA on May 15 announced that concurrent with the award of Canadian patent 2,567,386 (the 386 Patent) to its parent company, Stertil B.V., on March 17 — which is directed to lifts for motor vehicles — the licensing agreement previously announced on March 26, 2013 between lift manufacturers Stertil-Koni USA Inc. and Vehicle Service Group (VSG) now extends to Canada.

In 2013, the two companies had publicly agreed to license patented heavy-duty vehicle lift technology to each other. The mutual licensing agreements resolved patent infringement lawsuits the companies filed against each other in 2012.