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Authorities stop shipment of counterfeit crop protection active ingredient Iodosulfuron
Friday, November 14, 2008
Bayer CropScience successful in preventing counterfeiting in China
Authorities stop shipment of counterfeit crop protection active ingredient Iodosulfuron
Chinese court confirms IP protection for Bayer’s active ingredient
Monheim, November 14, 2008 – Following a court order, a shipment of Iodosulfuron intended for export to the Middle East from the port of Tianjin in China has been stopped. The counterfeit crop protection substance, for which Bayer CropScience holds an IP right which is also valid in China, was produced illegally by the Chinese companies Dagro Chemical Company Ltd. and Qunye Chemical Company Ltd. The competent court in Tianjin issued an order forbidding the defendants from manufacturing the active ingredient Iodosulfuron illegally and marketing it. Both companies must destroy any inventories immediately and pay compensation to Bayer CropScience.
“The illegal manufacture of and trade in products not only violate our patent rights. Illegally produced crop protection products are untested, unregulated and are thus a danger to the health of farmers and consumers and to the environment,” said Dr. Ralf-Rüdiger Jesse, Head of Patents and Licensing at Bayer CropScience.
There is a rapid growth of counterfeit and illegally-traded crop protection products in Europe and worldwide. Most of the counterfeit products now come from China. “The rapid expansion of chemical manufacturing capabilities in that country has made this possible,” Dr. Jesse said. He pointed out that robust patent protection is the basis of Bayer CropScience’s innovative strength. The company is therefore determined to defend its intellectual property rights – which include patents, trademarks and copyrights – against illegal manufacturers in China and elsewhere with all the legal remedies available to it.
Iodosulfuron is an herbicidal active ingredient marketed by Bayer CropScience under the brand name Hussar®. Launched in 1999, Hussar® is a leading foliar cereal herbicide. It is registered in major cereal-growing countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and in Australia, Russia and Ukraine. It can be used on wheat, rye, triticale and spring barley to control a broad spectrum of weeds, including loose silky bent, rye grass, wild oats and broad-leaved weeds.
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.8 billion (2007), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,800 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: www.newsroom.bayercropscience.com
Contact:
Utz Klages, phone: +49 2173 38-3125
E-mail: utz.klages@bayercropscience.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports which are available on the Bayer website at www.bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
“The illegal manufacture of and trade in products not only violate our patent rights. Illegally produced crop protection products are untested, unregulated and are thus a danger to the health of farmers and consumers and to the environment,” said Dr. Ralf-Rüdiger Jesse, Head of Patents and Licensing at Bayer CropScience.
There is a rapid growth of counterfeit and illegally-traded crop protection products in Europe and worldwide. Most of the counterfeit products now come from China. “The rapid expansion of chemical manufacturing capabilities in that country has made this possible,” Dr. Jesse said. He pointed out that robust patent protection is the basis of Bayer CropScience’s innovative strength. The company is therefore determined to defend its intellectual property rights – which include patents, trademarks and copyrights – against illegal manufacturers in China and elsewhere with all the legal remedies available to it.
Iodosulfuron is an herbicidal active ingredient marketed by Bayer CropScience under the brand name Hussar®. Launched in 1999, Hussar® is a leading foliar cereal herbicide. It is registered in major cereal-growing countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and in Australia, Russia and Ukraine. It can be used on wheat, rye, triticale and spring barley to control a broad spectrum of weeds, including loose silky bent, rye grass, wild oats and broad-leaved weeds.
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.8 billion (2007), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,800 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: www.newsroom.bayercropscience.com
Contact:
Utz Klages, phone: +49 2173 38-3125
E-mail: utz.klages@bayercropscience.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports which are available on the Bayer website at www.bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
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