Deere Sues Iowa Competitors Kinze, Ag Leader for Infringing Patent on High-Speed Planter
Deere & Co. is trying to block two Iowa manufacturers from selling competing products that allow farmers to sow their fields faster, according to The Des Moines Register.
The Quad Cities-based agricultural giant filed patent infringement lawsuits against Williamsburg-based Kinze Manufacturing and Ames-based Ag Leader in U.S. District Court on Dec. 4, alleging that the competitors’ new devices are too similar to a product Deere debuted seven years ago.
The companies are competing in the nascent field of high-speed planters, which put seed in the ground twice as fast as most standard planters. Deere asked a judge to issue an injunction, potentially blocking Ag Leader and Kinze from selling their products.
All three companies declined to comment. Kinze and Ag Leader have not filed answers to Deere’s complaint in court but said in a joint statement after the lawsuit was filed that they “deny all allegations of infringement.”
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