Vestas Wind Systems, A German company has taken out a writ against Vestas

The Management of Vestas Wind Systems A/S has just been notified that the German company Enercon GmbH has taken out a writ against Vestas Wind Systems A/S and the Vestas Group’s German subsidiary Vestas Deutschland GmbH as well as the registered directors of the two companies and a number of Vestas Deutschland GmbH’s customers. Enercon claims that an infringement has taken place in respect of a patent owned by Enercon GmbH. The patent concerns lightning protection of blades for wind turbines.