Just before the Ispo show, Marker filed a complaint with a German court against Salomon and Tyrolia for alleged infringement of a utility patent granted last October and for unfair competition. However, an official connected with the case said that Marker was not planning to ask for a preliminary injunction to ban the sale of the products of Salomon or Tyrolia at the show. At issue is mainly the lateral spring design of the Duke, a freeride ski binding introduced by Marker five years ago, which has been adopted with only small variations in the Guardian and Adrenalin bindings launched at Ispo one year ago by Salomon and Tyrolia, respectively. A top executive of Amer Sports, which owns Salomon, said at Ispo that he had no comment because he had not been informed about Marker's legal action.

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