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Issuer:     ASPEN AEROGELS INC (ASPN)
CIK:        0001145986
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-013689
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aspen Aerogels sues Beerenberg in Korea for patent infringement on aerogel products
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- Filed patent infringement suit in Seoul Central District Court and unfair trade practice action with Korea Trade Commission.
- Alleges Beerenberg's aerogel blanket infringes multiple Aspen patents, including Korean counterparts of patents enforced in US and Germany.
- Seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages against Beerenberg Services AS, Beerenberg Korea Ltd., and related entities.
- CEO Donald Young states company will aggressively enforce IP rights against importers and distributors of infringing aerogel products.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000095017023013689/0000950170-23-013689-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000095017023013689/aspn-20230420.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-013689

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