Irish farm machinery inventor launches patent infringement proceedings

Mayo company owner claims competitor is infringing the patent on his device, which attaches to tractors or diggers to make feeding livestock easier and quicker

Complainant says ProDig ProSlice, launched by Carlow company ProDig Attachments in November, infringes a patent he filed in 2012, which was granted four years later.

The inventor of an attachment for loading and cutting plastic-wrapped bales has brought High Court proceedings against a competitor alleging patent infringement.

Peter Cunnane and his company Cashels Engineering Ltd, of Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, claims ProDig Attachments Ltd, Co Carlow, is infringing the patent on his device, which attaches to tractors or diggers to make feeding livestock easier and quicker.