Jodi A. Schwendimann Announces Settlement Ending Legal Dispute With Océ Imaging, Inc.

Jodi A. Schwendimann and Océ Imaging Inc have reached an agreement relating to transferring images onto colored bases. The agreement was reached through a settlement in a lawsuit that has been pending for more than two years.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) February 20, 2011

Schwendimann announced a settlement ending a legal dispute with Océ Imaging Inc. concerning t-shirt transfer technology for dark colored fabrics. Under the agreement, Océ agreed to pay Schwendimann a 6% royalty based, in part, on past sales of allegedly infringing products.

After more than two years of litigation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has reissued the US Patent No. 6,884,311 B1 as U.S. Patent No. RE41,623 and has also issued to Schwendimann U.S. patent Nos. 7,749,581; 7,754,042; 7,766,475; 7,771,554 and 7,824,748 relating to transferring images onto colored bases.

"I'm very pleased to have reached a settlement with Océ. This resolves a two year difference between us and I'm excited to focus again on the market opportunities and help Cooler Concepts Inc. to gain its deserved market place in the transfer market," said Jodi A. Schwendimann (President of Cooler Concepts Inc. Plymouth, MN).

About OCE
Océ is one of the world's leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The broad Océ offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers, and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics.

Océ is also a principal supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the Fortune Global 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Océ customers. The company was founded in 1877 with headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands; Océ is active in over 90 countries and employs some 24,000 people worldwide. Total revenues in 2007 amounted to EUR 3.1 billion. Océ is listed on Euronext in Amsterdam. For more information on Océ, visit http://www.oce.com.

About Jodi. A Schwendimann
Jodi A. Schwendimann is a very creative and successful entrepreneur out of the Midwest. She is the President of two companies, Cooler Concepts Inc. and NuCoat Inc.; both of which are technology-driven companies based in Plymouth, MN and have been operating for over ten years. Cooler Concepts Inc. creates, manufactures, converts and markets specialty papers for the national and international digital printing market. NuCoat is developing, formulating coatings and formulations for the paper and film industry. For more information on Cooler Concepts and NuCoat, visit http://www.coolerconcepts.com and http://www.nucoatinc.com

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