EFC Wins!

EFC Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that on June 28, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

issued a decision in the long-running lawsuit filed against EFC by Durr Systems, Inc. finding no liability for EFC on any count.

In 2018, Durr sued EFC alleging that EFC’s replacement bell cups for Durr’s Ecobell 2 and 3 painting systems

infringed certain Durr patents. In 2020, Durr added claims that EFC’s sales of its bell cups constituted unfair competition

under both federal and state law, alleging that EFC makes false, deceptive, and unfair statements in regard to its bell cups.

EFC consistently denied each of these claims, always maintaining that its products do not infringe

the Durr patents and that EFC’s bell cup sales were not unfair.

After many years defending the case, EFC prevailed. The Court found there is no dispute

that EFC does not infringe the asserted patents, including finding that Durr’s position

“is wholly unsupported by the evidence” and “conflicts with the plain language of the patent claims.”  (June 28, 2024 Opinion at p. 30).

The Court also found that EFC did not commit unfair competition, finding that

there was no “evidence of false or deceptive statements or acts” by EFC.  (June 28,2024 Opinion at p. 34).

EFC is pleased that the baseless allegations brought by Durr have now been dismissed

and that EFC has now been fully vindicated by the Court.