The legal action between Bell and Eurocopter over the design of the landing gear for the Bell 429 was decided by the Canadian Federal Court 30 January 2012. Eurocopter claimed infringement of Canadian Patent 2207787 relating to sleigh-type landing gear.
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15 out of 16 Eurocopter complaints were struck out but one upheld with, punative damages, relating to pre-production skids, not the skids used in production.