Temporary injunction stops Gore-tex’s “eco claim”
Munich / Unterföhring, 21 April 2017 – The civil chamber 12 of the Hamburg district court sustained an injunction suit of Sympatex Technologies GmbH against W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH as from 12 April 2017. Thus, Gore must no longer claim that the ecologically disputed PTFE – core of Gore’s basic product – would be environmentally friendly to the extend it is produced without any PFCs of environmental concern – a change recently announced by Gore for the years to come for at least outdoor clothing. The incorrect statement of the company that this allegedly was scientific consensus is also
