Outdry Secures Patent Rights

OutDry, the young Italian brand of waterproof membranes for footwear and gloves, has won a case against W.L. Gore before the Munich-based European Patent Office (EPO). Since 2004, Nextec srl, the marketer of the OutDry brand, has fought demands by Gore that it withdraw its patent EP1139805. The Patent Office ...

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