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Quick Plug files patent infringement suit

Quick Plug B.V. (Quick Plug), an affiliate of Grow-Tech Inc. (USA) and Omni Growing Solutions Inc. (Canada), owns a European patent that includes the exclusive right to the production and commercial exploitation of a certain type of rooting plug. This type of plug is being used worldwide by, amongst others, leading orchid growers.

Van der Knaap Group, an international supplier of growing media, produces and sells a rooting plug called "Book plug". It is this plug, Dümmen Orange states, which supposedly infringes Quick Plug’s patent. Therefore, Quick Plug decided to file a lawsuit.

Van der Knaap confirms a legal procedure is ongoing, but denies any form of infringement. Both parties state attempts have been made to resolve the dispute, but no agreement was reached.