JCB receive compensation for product copying

JCB have agreed terms of settlement with an Asian manufacturer of backhoe loaders regarding allegations of product copying of the company’s 3CX backhoe loader.

JCB have received an undisclosed settlement payment and the Asian firm has agreed to fundamentally redesign their backhoe loader.

This follows on from court actions that JCB undertook against three Asian manufacturers at the Bauma show in Munich in April of this year in relation to product copying of the company’s backhoe loader and telehandler machines.

‘This is the fourth incident this year of an Asian manufacturer copying one of our machines and taking unfair advantage of 57 years of product development,’ commented Tim Burnhope, JCB’s group managing director for product development and commercial operations. ‘JCB are determined to act promptly and decisively in relation to such activities and stamp them out.’