Overview
- CLO said Tuesday that Zhejiang Lingdi (Linctex), maker of Style3D, admitted infringing three of CLO’s U.S. patents and acknowledged those patents are valid and enforceable.
- The announcement closes the lawsuit CLO brought in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and follows a joint dismissal filing earlier this year.
- The patents at issue cover digital garment assembly from two‑dimensional pattern pieces and a method for taking measurements from flat patterns rather than distorted draped 3D garments.
- Earlier court proceedings produced mixed rulings, with Judge Gilstrap upholding some claims of the ’355 patent while finding certain later Style3D versions did not infringe and Magistrate Judge Roy Payne excluding testimony about one later executable.
- A separate Chinese ruling found Linctex used cracked copies of CLO software commercially, and because settlement terms are confidential users and competitors remain unsure whether current Style3D releases will change or require licensing or removal of features.