One year after the victory in 337 investigations, Yancheng JK Sweet TM Sucralose announced on April 7 that it has successfully entered into the global market by relying on its IPRs.

On April 6, 2007, the Tate & Lyle afiled an action before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging infringement of its five patents by 25 sucralose makers. It also requested the ITC  issued an exclusion order and cease and desist orders. Yancheng JK responded aggressively from August 15, 2007. After one year of hard battle, ITC made a final determination on the patent infringement case in April 2009 that the Yancheng JK do not infringe the patent of Tate & Lyle. ITC also announced the invalid of some patents of Tate & Lyle. This concluded the victory of the Chinese company in this 337 investigation.

(China IP News)