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hello, my company is selling a pineapple corer under our own brand - on Amazon. We have received a C&D letter from vacu vin who claims to hold the patent on this product. There are 100s of other brands selling exactly the same thing. We need some help with looking into whether or not they have a valid claim. Here is our product http://www.amazon.com/Pineapple-Corer-Containing-Strawberry-Replacement/dp/B00IDTJ9PW Here is the patent they referenced http://www.google.com.ar/patents/US20130291387
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Dear Lesley,
In general, you do not want an answer to the question "Do we infringe" on a public forum. For a variety of reasons.
If that is all they have, they don't have a US patent. You can go to USPTO.gov and look up that publication number. The application is pending and no patent has issued. Until the patent issues, an actionable claim does not exist. They may have a patent in the Netherlands.
Good luck,
Todd
Answered on Oct 06th, 2014 at 4:37 AM