Stan’s sues Specialized, alleging patent infringement on tubeless wheel designs
- By Steve Frothingham
- Published Nov. 13, 2008
- Updated Nov. 14, 2008 at 10:53 AM UTC
The maker of Stan’s NoTubes wheels and tires is suing Specialized over alleged patent infringement involving Specialized’s Roval wheels.
The New York-based company sued Specialized in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York on Sept. 15. The suit involves the company’s U.S. Patent No. 7,334,846, issued to Stanley Koziatek in February, concerning the design of tubeless rims.
“As set forth in NoTubes’s complaint, Specialized is alleged to infringe the ‘846 patent by making, using, selling, offering for sale, and/or importing into the United States certain tubeless wheels and rims, including without limitation Specialized’s Roval brand wheels,” according to a company press release.
A Specialized spokesman said the company would have no comment on the suit.
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Steve Frothingham
VeloNews.com editor Steve Frothingham joined the gang in bike-crazy Boulder in early 2008. He is the former executive editor of the trade magazine Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. He also was a reporter and editor for The Associated Press, where he covered three presidential primaries in politics-crazy New Hampshire. His racing career began on a BMX track in 1980 and reached its zenith with several miserable road races as a category 2 in the early 90s. He subsequently retreated to cat. 3, where he has had a consistently mediocre (at best) record ever since, in road, mountain bike and cyclocross events. Follow him on Twitter at @steve_froth