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 | | TROY, Mich., (Dec. 15, 2003) — ArvinMeritor Inc., ZF Friedrichshafen AG and ZF Meritor LLC today announced that they are committed to a vigorous defense against the legal actions launched recently by Eaton Corporation against the three companies in connection with the ZF Meritor FreedomLine automated manual heavy truck transmission. |
 | | “ZF Friedrichshafen AG stands by its technology and we are confident that we will prevail against Eaton in their latest attempt to eliminate a viable competitor from the North American heavy truck transmission market,” stated Wolfgang Vogel, Executive Vice President, Commercial Vehicle and Special Driveline Technology, ZF Friedrichshafen AG. |
 | | Subsequently Eaton filed an “interference” in the Patent and Trademark Office — an action designed to wrest ownership of other patents from ZF Meritor, which indicates that Eaton is “very concerned about the threat of these patents to their automated transmission products”, according to ZF Meritor President Rick Martello. |
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