By an act of bailiff transmitted to the competent authority on 1 December 2008, ROQUETTES FRERES summoned before the Paris First Instance Court ZHEJIANG HUAKANG PHARMACEUTICAL and ZHEJIANG HUAKANG ENTERPRISES, companies existing under the laws of China, for patent infringement of the French patent it owns, published under No. 2 769 025 and granted on 3 December 1999 relating to "crystals of maltitol of a particular form, crystalline compositions comprising them and processes for their preparation". 
The case was struck off the docket on 15 February 2011 and restored following the filing of pleadings of withdrawal. 
By pleadings filed on 28 June 2011, ROQUETTE FRERES requested the judge in charge of the proceedings, further to a settlement agreement entered into by the parties, to: 
- acknowledge that it withdraws its claims with prejudice, subject to the acceptance by the defendants and to the withdrawal of their own claims, 
- say and rule that each party will bear the entire judicial and legal costs it incurred in the context of these proceedings, 
- consequently, acknowledge the termination of the proceedings with prejudice. 

ZHEJIANG HUAKANG PHARMACEUTICAL and ZHEJIANG HUAKANG ENTERPRISES have accepted this withdrawal in their pleadings of the same day. 

Then the judge in charge of the proceedings of Paris First Instance Court rendered the order on 8 July 2011: 
- Acknowledge that ROQUETTE FRERES withdrew its claims with prejudice, that the withdrawal has been accepted by ZHEJIANG HUAKANG PHARMACEUTICAL and ZHEJIANG HUAKANG ENTERPRISES and that the withdrawal is perfect, 
- Acknowledge consequently that the proceedings are terminated with prejudice, 
- Say and rule that each party will bear its own costs.