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EPALLIS 
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 Topic: Deere sues AGCO and Precision Planting
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 9:09pm |
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In filings to the U.S. district court in Delaware, Deere alleged that products made or sold by Precision Planting, including vSet seed meters along with SpeedTube products, infringed on its patents.
The company also said the patents protected its inventions that facilitate accurate seed placement, uniform seed spacing and even crop emergence.
Deere has suffered damages as a result of the direct and indirect infringing activities of Defendant and will continue to suffer such damages as long as those infringing activities continue,” the company said in the lawsuit.
According to the lawsuit, the company is seeking unspecified damages.
AGCO acquired Precision Planting in September 2017.
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tbran
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Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 10:30pm |
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Poor , Poor Deere... lets all take up a collection....
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When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..
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shameless dude
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Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 10:45pm |
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Deere is tired of being the ones sued all the time for patent infringement! LOL
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wayne IA
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 1:27am |
Reminds me of this story of Kinze, Deere tried suing him for patent infringement on their row units when they fraudulently filed every patent. http://www.farm-equipment.com/articles/12094-the-rear-fold-planter-and-the-battle-that-ensued
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Allis in farmland
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 4:03am |
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Funny, Deere was gonna buy PP til the justice dept. said NO. That made John Deere's undies extra tight and now they gonna sue. They're like a bunch of immature brats with BILLIONS of dollars to sue when they don't get their way. Good grief!
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Gary Burnett
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 7:38am |
Say what you want about JD they have succeeded where most others failed and rarely does it ever pay to be a Nice Guy in the Corporate World.Its a jungle eat or be eat.
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clarkscreek
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 8:02am |
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I agree, you say most failed but I think every full line American farm equipment maker has failed except Deere.
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TramwayGuy
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 8:29am |
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The Kinze story was fascinating! Loved it.
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HoughMade
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 9:24am |
That is a fascinating article. I will have to get the book.
As an attorney, I found it particularly interesting and reflective of some things I have experienced in trying cases (though a completely different area of the law). The attorney for Kinze had....I'll just say brass in recommending to copy the row units. However, he backed up his bold advice in court. Spectacular!
That being said, I have no idea about the merits of the current suit. I GUARANTEE that Deere and its counsel learned a great deal from the Kinze suit...assuming any of them remember it. Heck, I was in elementary school when that suit was tried and I've been practicing law for 20 years, now, so who knows?
Edited by HoughMade - 05 Jun 2018 at 9:27am
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exSW
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 2:21pm |
I went to buy the book. But I'm not paying 15.00 shipping on a $30.00 book.
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HoughMade
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 2:52pm |
Much better on Amazon
Edited by HoughMade - 05 Jun 2018 at 2:54pm
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wekracer
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 10:26pm |
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Wow. That is an awesome story. That is the reason for patent and antitrust laws. Well done.
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Gary Burnett
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 1:46am |
 exSW wrote:
I went to buy the book.But I'm not paying 15.00 shipping on a $30.00 book. |
Give them a hundred$ for the book the shipping will look more reasonable then  |
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Tbone95
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 7:31am |
Gary Burnett wrote:
exSW wrote:
I went to buy the book.But I'm not paying 15.00 shipping on a $30.00 book. |
Give them a hundred$ for the book the shipping will look more reasonable then |
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CAL(KS)
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 7:48am |
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there is a Kinze video on youtube 50 years of innovation, pretty interesting. I just watched it a few days ago. ill see if I can post a link.
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Auntwayne
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 10:00pm |
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Thanks for posting the Kinze story.
Edited by Auntwayne - 06 Jun 2018 at 10:01pm
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Dad always said," If you have one boy, you have a man. If you have two boys, you have two boys". "ALLIS EXPRESS"
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HaroldOmaha
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 10:16pm |
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If you ever get the chance to get to Williamsburg Iowa and visit there manufacturing plant and museum, it is well worth it. Better yet work out a deal were you can visit Kinze's private collection. He has tractors hanging from the ceiling. Also his engineering is amazing.
He also made a JD 730 the way John Deere should have. He moved the 2cyl over and welded another 2 cyl 180 degrees out of faze. Making it a 4 cyl. It starts and sounds like a normal tractor.
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