Legal threat forces startup out of heat-loss measurement market
A small British startup has withdrawn from the market for measuring heat loss from new homes after legal threats from a subsidiary of one of the world’s biggest insulation manufacturers.
In November, Saint-Gobain Isover, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, threatened to serve Redbarn Group with an injunction, and to sue for damages and costs, unless the startup agreed to withdraw Veritherm, its heat-loss measuring system.
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