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Dental Tribune Asia Pacific Edition | 9/2017 BUSINESS 07 DTI welcomes new partner from Japan By DTI LEIPZIG, Germany: Dental Tribune International (DTI) has added a new licence partner to its global publishing network. Together with Tokyo-based company Medical Net, the DTI publishing group will now also be providing dental pro- fessionals with the latest news in Japanese. The first issue of the new edition is set to be published in October. In Medical Net, DTI has found a strong local partner in the coun- try. The listed Japanese company is engaged in portal site manage- ment and runs a variety of medi- cal and dental search sites. “We are pleased to have finally joined DTI,” commented Medical Net President and Chief Operating Officer Yuji Hirakawa on the new ket exclusively. Another step to- wards internationalising business will be the opening of a dental clinic in Bangkok in Thailand in September, he said. Launching in autumn, Dental Tribune Japan aims to reach about 20,000 dentists and 10,000 den- tal hygienists through its local website. The first issue of the print edition will be published on 2 October with a print run of ap- proximately 20,000 copies. As of 2018, the targeted publication fre- quency will be four editions a year with a print run of 30,000 copies. tists between 2000 and 2014 show that the profession enjoys great popularity and has contin- ued to grow. The number of den- tal practitioners per 100,000 in- habitants rose from 70.3 in 2000 to 80.7 in 2014. Catering to the needs of the growing number of dental pro- fessionals, Medical Net also plans to add an educational offer- ing to its portfolio in the future, utilising DTI’s expertise as an or- ganiser of continuing education programmes, including e-learn- ing, through the Dental Tribune Study Club. Medical Net President and Chief Operating Officer Yuji Hirakawa (right) and Dental Tribune International CEO Torsten Oemus shaking hands at a meeting at the DTI headquarters in Leipzig in Germany. partnership. “Japan is the third- largest economic power in the world and there are many good dental companies in the country. We want to be a bridge between Japan and the rest of the world.” The alliance is part of the com- pany’s efforts to expand its busi- ness outside of Japan. According to Hirakawa, who established Medical Net in 2001, the company had pre- viously focused on its home mar- With more than 100,000 dentists and about 64,000 den- tal clinics, the Japanese dental health care sector is one of the largest worldwide. Figures from Statistica on the number of den- The combined DTI portfolio currently includes more than 130 print publications and multiple websites that reach over 650,000 dentists in more than 90 coun- tries and 25 languages. Sulzer enforces its rights against South Korean counterfeit products actions against three South Korean suppliers and a man- ufacturer of copies of the company’s patented MIXPAC tips. Accord- ing to Sulzer, it is not the first time that counterfeits of its static mixing tips for two-component car- tridges and syringes have been discovered. Shortly before the 2017 International Dental Show (IDS), the three Korean infringers accepted the prelimi- nary injunctions filed at the Düs- seldorf regional court. Further- more, the manufacturer of the pat- ent-infringing mixing tips, Seil Global, has agreed to respect Sulzer’s rights worldwide for all members of the patent family for their remaining lifetimes, the com- pany stated. In addition, 11 preliminary in- junctions for unfair competition were issued by the court against various providers during IDS 2017 in which the offering, advertising and marketing of these counterfeit mixing tips for the dental industry were prohibited. Although Sulzer has enforced its rights in dozens of cases already, copies of its mixing tips and pat- ent-infringing mixing tips have in- creasingly been discovered in re- cent years, the company said. Coun- terfeit products from other manu- facturers are not subject to Sulzer’s By DTI WINTERTHUR, Switzerland: Swiss- based dental manufacturer Sulzer Mixpac has successfully filed legal strict quality controls and not cov- ered by its warranty. In addition to violating intellectual property rights, unauthorised products can lead to incomplete mixing and failed procedures, as they are manufactured under unspecified conditions with unknown plastics and colours, the company warned. look very similar to its MIXPAC mixing tips, since they mimic the dome shape and trademark col- ours of the original. However, gen- uine tips can be identified by the MIXPAC trademark name stamped on the retaining ring and the CANDY COLOUR quality seal stamped on the top edge. 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