manteno, il &ndash webwire &ndash wednesday, november 05, 2014the düsseldorf regional court recently ruled in favor of zippak®, a division of illinois tool works itw in a patent infringement case against elplast sp.z o.o. case number 4a o 10713 initiated in november 2013. the court ruled that an elplast product infringed several claims of the zippak patent in question.  the ruling was pronounced final october 6, 2014. krieger mes & graf von der groeben and roche, von westernhagen und ehresmann represented itw in the matter. upon learning of the final ruling, eric plourde, manager, intellectual property for zippak, commented, &ldquowe are very pleased that the court ruled in our favor in this matter. zippak has long been known as a leader for investing in new innovative products and processes and, in order to protect and continue to make these investments, we will strongly defend our global intellectual property" about  zippakthe zippak division of itw is a global leader in resealable packaging innovations. the company helps consumer product goods companies build brand preference through convenient, branddifferentiating packaging. zippak produces zipper applicators and technologies to serve original equipment manufacturers, converters, and packagers worldwide. zippak has headquarters in manteno, illinois and operates seven worldclass production facilities strategically located around the globe. the company holds more than 400 closure and related patents worldwide.for more information about zippak, please visit www.zippak.com.   for additional information, please contacteric plourdemanager, intellectual propertyzippakt 8154686500e eric.plourde@zippak.comsource httpwww.webwire.comviewpressrel.aspaid192488.vfsvtmepyt8
