RIA and ThermaPure successfully settled a patent lawsuit that RIA began in January 2013.

The RIA kicked off its “Safe Harbor Initiative” last month, a campaign designed to educate its members on the specifics of the settlement reached over the summer in the patent lawsuit settlement with ThermaPure. As part of this initiative, the RIA hosted a Virtual Town Hall webinar on Tuesday, November 11 to discuss details of the settlement and take questions from Association members.

The Restoration Industry Association (RIA) kicked off its “Safe Harbor Initiative” earlier this week, and part of this initiative includes the Virtual Town Hall the association will host on Tuesday, November 11 at 10 a.m. CST.

The Restoration Industry Association officially kicked off its Safe Harbor Initiative October 28 in a brief presentation that rehashed the settlement details from the RIA/ThermaPure patent infringement lawsuit and provided an outlook on how members would be briefed moving forward.

The Restoration Industry Association (RIA) is launching the “Safe Harbor Initiative,” which will discuss the “Safe Harbor” clause that was created exclusively for RIA members as a result of the patent lawsuit settlement between the RIA and ThermaPure, Inc. 

It’s no secret that one of the biggest storylines in the restoration industry over the past several years has been the lawsuits.

 As you might have heard, the Restoration Industry Association (RIA) and ThermaPure, Inc. (TP) have successfully settled the patent lawsuit RIA initiated in January 2013.

The Restoration Industry Association (RIA) and ThermaPure, Inc. have successfully settled a patent lawsuit that RIA began in January 2013. 

The Restoration Industry Association (RIA) will hold a silent auction for its Restoration Industry Legal Fund (RILF) at the RIA Convention from April 9-11 in Orlando, according to its C&R Weekly eNewsletter. 

In January 2013, RIA filed suit in U.S. District Court against David Hedman and ThermaPure in an effort to invalidate a family of patents held by ThermaPure, TPE Associates, and Hedman.