Global Bio-chem Technology (00809) said the company and three of its subsidiaries received judgment from the District Court of The Hague, the Netherlands which has rejected all the claims made by Ajinomoto Co. Inc. and Ajinomoto Eurolysine S.A.S. in respect of an alleged infringement by the company and its three subsidiaries of patent entitled "L-amino acid-producing micro-organism and method for producing L-amino acid".
The Court ordered that the claims made by the plaintiff are rejected and the plaintiffs are ordered to pay the legal costs amounted to EUR90,387.05 which payment is immediately enforceable.