Heraeus Kulzer has settled a lawsuit against Omni Dental Supply over complaints that Omni illegally sold gray-market Heraeus Kulzer products.
Heraeus Kulzer said Omni Dental, aka ABCO Dental Supply, sold online products that were both "unlawful" gray-market and inferior-quality goods to those sold by Heraeus, according to a press release.
Omni has agreed to pay Heraeus Kulzer a monetary settlement and to stop buying, selling, advertising, offering for sale, distributing, importing, shipping, and trading any Heraeus products, either domestically or abroad, according to a press release.
This lawsuit resulted from a 2011 agreement between Heraeus Kulzer and its parent company, Heraeus Kulzer, GmbH. The agreement gave Heraeus Kulzer sole rights to be the exclusive importer of Heraeus Kulzer-branded dental products into North America. The agreement also gave Heraeus Kulzer the right to suppress unlawful gray-market sales of its dental products.
Heraeus Kulzer is the sole manufacturer and distributor of dental products under the following trademarks: Venus, Charisma, Durafill, Solitaire, Gluma, iBond, Flexitime, Pala, Modern Materials, Ivory, Provil Novo, and others.
