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PATENT INFRINGEMENT ACTION INSTITUTED AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN DISTRIBUTORS MAXOCRETE (PTY) LTD, HEUCON CRETE (PTY) LTD, ECO-CEMENTATION (PTY) LTD, AND THEIR DIRECTORS, LOUIS JACOBUS LOURENS AND JOHANNES STEPHANUS ENSLIN
14 MAY 2026
Concrete Canvas Ltd. has recently instituted patent infringement proceedings in South Africa against three companies, and the directors of these companies, for distributing a Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM), marketed as a “Flexible Concrete Blanket”, in South Africa.
The action relates to infringement of South African patent ZA 2011/06289 entitled “Impregnated Cloth” by Maxocrete (Pty) Ltd, Heucon Crete (Pty) Ltd and Eco Cementation (Pty) Ltd, as well as their directors, Louis Jacobus Lourens and Johannes Stephanus Enslin.
Concrete Canvas has intellectual property rights, including patents which protect its innovative products, and will robustly seek to enforce its intellectual property rights where these are being infringed by third parties, including manufacturers and distributors. Such enforcement will occur at a time and in a jurisdiction where Concrete Canvas can best accomplish its objectives.
Further information on Concrete Canvas Technology’s patents and trademarks can be found at: https://www.concretecanvas.com/patent-trademark-info/
ZA 2011/06289 forms part of an extensive patent family covering Concrete Canvas’ 2nd generation GCCM technology. This patent family spans multiple jurisdictions including but not limited to major territories such as Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, the UK, and the USA, and protects, amongst other things, the company’s proprietary hydration control technology, designed to regulate the maximum water-to-cement ratio during hydration to within a certain range.
It is important to note that purchasing and using infringing products from a distributor or a manufacturer can amount to patent infringement.
CONCRETE CANVAS UTILISES PATENT COVERING 2ND-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY TO STOP GCCM COMPETITOR IN MALAYSIA
2 FEBRUARY 2026
Wellpeace Integrated Sdn. Bhd. Settlement.
On 23rd September 2025, Wellpeace Integrated Sdn. Bhd. (“Wellpeace”) formally agreed to cease all business activities in relation to the product known as ‘Cement Canvas’. Wellpeace also agreed to cease all marketing, sales and promotional activities in relation to Cement Canvas and any related products in the course of their business and in any manner howsoever.
Cement Canvas product line includes product names X5, X10, A10, T10, CB6™, and CB10™. This product line includes GCCMs made by Taian Nuolian Engineering Materials Co., Ltd. in China and imported into Malaysia by Wellpeace.
Wellpeace provided the undertakings following a letter from Concrete Canvas Technology Ltd.’s solicitors informing them that their importing, offering for sale, selling or using Cement Canvas products infringed the claims of Concrete Canvas’ Malaysian patent MY-159271-A, and that their marketing material advertising the alleged infringing Chinese product included images of Concrete Canvas’ installations that had been copied from Concrete Canvas’ marketing material infringed Concrete Canvas Technology Ltd.’s copyright.
Malaysian patent MY-159271-A forms part of an extensive patent family covering Concrete Canvas’ 2nd-generation GCCM technology. This patent family spans multiple jurisdictions including but not limited to major territories such as Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, the UK, and the USA, and protects, amongst other things, the company’s proprietary hydration control technology, designed to regulate the maximum water-to-cement ratio during hydration to within a certain range.
Concrete Canvas will robustly seek to enforce their intellectual property rights where they are being infringed by a manufacturer, distributor or otherwise. Such enforcement will occur at a time and in a jurisdiction where Concrete Canvas can best accomplish its objectives. Patents exist to protect and encourage investment in innovation. It is in all of our interests to respect the law, including patent law.
Further information on Concrete Canvas Technology’s patents and trademarks can be found at: https://www.concretecanvas.com/patent-trademark-info/
CONCRETE CANVAS SECURES PATENT ENFORCEMENT SUCCESSES IN ASIAN AND AFRICAN TERRITORIES
15 SEPTEMBER 2025
Concrete Canvas Limited and its affiliate, Concrete Canvas Technology Ltd. (together, “Concrete Canvas”), have achieved recent successes in enforcing their patent rights against distributors of Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mats (GCCMs) in Malaysia, Indonesia and South Africa.
In Malaysia and Indonesia, three companies:
TAI HOE RESOURCES SDN. BHD. (‘Tai Hoe’),
MTS FIBROMAT (M) SDN. BHD. / FIBROMAT (M) BERHAD (collectively ‘Fibromat’)*, and
PT PANDU EQUATOR PRIMA (‘Pandu Equator’)
have recently undertaken to cease importing, offering for sale, selling or using the GCCM materials they were importing from China. These undertakings followed letters sent from Concrete Canvas’ solicitors alleging infringement by Tai Hoe and Fibromat of Concrete Canvas’ Malaysian patent No. MY-159271-A, and alleging infringement by Pandu Equator of Concrete Canvas’ Indonesian patent No. IDP000046015.
These Malaysian and Indonesian patents (MY-159271-A and IDP000046015) form part of Concrete Canvas’ extensive second-generation patent family. This patent family spans multiple jurisdictions including but not limited to major territories such as Australia, most European EPC territories, India, Japan, the UK, and the USA and protects, amongst other things, the company’s proprietary hydration control technology, designed to regulate the maximum water-to-cement ratio during hydration to within a certain range.
In South Africa, Concrete Canvas recently instituted patent infringement proceedings against Top Choice Concrete (Pty) Ltd and its directors, Dirk Jacobus Steenkamp and Alicia Clarissa Steenkamp, in relation to a GCCM product marketed as “Armadillo” in South Africa.
The action concerned infringement of South African patent 2009/00222. The matter has been resolved by way of a settlement agreement concluded on 25 August 2025, in terms of which Top Choice Concrete (Pty) Ltd and its directors have undertaken to cease all dealings with (any making, importing, using, disposing and/or offering to dispose) the Armadillo product, to destroy all remaining stock, and to make a contribution to the legal costs of Concrete Canvas.
Concrete Canvas will robustly seek to enforce their intellectual property rights where they are being infringed by a manufacturer, distributor or otherwise. Such enforcement will occur at a time and in a jurisdiction where Concrete Canvas can best accomplish its objectives. Patents exist to protect and encourage investment in innovation. It is in all of our interests to respect the law, including patent law. Further information on Concrete Canvas Technology’spatents and trademarks can be found at: https://www.concretecanvas.com/patent-trademark-info/
* MTS Fibromat (M) Sdn. Bhd. / Fibromat (M) Berhad signed the undertaking on a strictly without prejudice and without admission basis
CONCRETE CANVAS SUCCESSFULLY ASSERT INDONESIAN IP RIGHTS: PT PANDU EQUATOR PRIMA AGREES TO CEASE SALES OF “CEMENT BLANKET” SUPPLIED BY TAIAN NUOLIAN ENGINEERING MATERIALS CO., LTD
16 JUNE 2025
Tai Hoe Resources Sdn. Bhd (“Tai Hoe”) has signed an undertaking to destroy all stock of Geoplast Guard Concrete Mattress (a GCCM imported by Tai Hoe from China) and related marketing materials within 14 days and cease all business activities in relation to Geoplast Guard Concrete Mattress and any other product/method which would infringe Concrete Canvas’ patent MY-159271-A.
Concrete Canvas has recently instituted patent infringement proceedings in South Africa against three companies, and the directors of these companies, for distributing a Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM), marketed as a “Flexible Concrete Blanket”, in South Africa.
The action relates to infringement of South African patent 2009/00222 entitled “Impregnated Fabric” by Maxocrete (Pty) Ltd, Heucon Crete (Pty) Ltd and Eco Cementation (Pty) Ltd, as well as their directors, Louis Jacobus Lourens and Johannes Stephanus Enslin.
Concrete Canvas has intellectual property rights, including patents which protect its innovative products, and will robustly seek to enforce its intellectual property rights where these are being infringed by third parties, including manufacturers and distributors. Such enforcement will occur at a time and in a jurisdiction where Concrete Canvas can best accomplish its objectives. Further information on Concrete Canvas’ patents and trademarks can be found at:
https://www.concretecanvas.com/patent-trademark-info/
It is important to note that purchasing and using infringing products from a distributor or a manufacturer amounts to patent infringement.
About Concrete Canvas
Concrete Canvas Ltd. was incorporated in the UK in 2005, it manufactures four award winning products, Concrete Canvas®, Concrete Canvas Shelters™, CC Hydro™, and CCX™. These products were developed to exploit a unique material technology invented by Peter Brewin (MEng) and Will Crawford (MEng) whilst studying Industrial Design Engineering at Imperial College and the Royal College of Art in London.
Concrete Canvas Ltd’s core material technology enables the supply of unique construction solutions that are extremely fast, easy to install and environmentally friendly. The company prides itself on innovation, quality and responsiveness to our customers’ needs.
The primary markets for Concrete Canvas Ltd are in the civil infrastructure (road and rail), mining and petrochemical sectors where CC is used for erosion control applications such as channel lining, slope protection and bund lining.The company has grown rapidly since 2005 and has sold its products to over 80 countries around the world.
PATENT INFRINGEMENT ACTION INSTITUTED AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN
DISTRIBUTORS MAXOCRETE (PTY) LTD, HEUCON CRETE (PTY) LTD, ECO
CEMENTATION (PTY) LTD, AND THEIR DIRECTORS, LOUIS JACOBUS
LOURENS AND JOHANNES STEPHANUS ENSLIN
APRIL 2025
Tai Hoe Resources Sdn. Bhd (“Tai Hoe”) has signed an undertaking to destroy all stock of Geoplast Guard Concrete Mattress (a GCCM imported by Tai Hoe from China) and related marketing materials within 14 days and cease all business activities in relation to Geoplast Guard Concrete Mattress and any other product/method which would infringe Concrete Canvas’ patent MY-159271-A.
Concrete Canvas has recently instituted patent infringement proceedings in South Africa against three companies, and the directors of these companies, for distributing a Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM), marketed as a “Flexible Concrete Blanket”, in South Africa.
The action relates to infringement of South African patent 2009/00222 entitled “Impregnated Fabric” by Maxocrete (Pty) Ltd, Heucon Crete (Pty) Ltd and Eco Cementation (Pty) Ltd, as well as their directors, Louis Jacobus Lourens and Johannes Stephanus Enslin.
Concrete Canvas has intellectual property rights, including patents which protect its innovative products, and will robustly seek to enforce its intellectual property rights where these are being infringed by third parties, including manufacturers and distributors. Such enforcement will occur at a time and in a jurisdiction where Concrete Canvas can best accomplish its objectives. Further information on Concrete Canvas’ patents and trademarks can be found at:
https://www.concretecanvas.com/patent-trademark-info/
It is important to note that purchasing and using infringing products from a distributor or a manufacturer amounts to patent infringement.
About Concrete Canvas
Concrete Canvas Ltd. was incorporated in the UK in 2005, it manufactures four award winning products, Concrete Canvas®, Concrete Canvas Shelters™, CC Hydro™, and CCX™. These products were developed to exploit a unique material technology invented by Peter Brewin (MEng) and Will Crawford (MEng) whilst studying Industrial Design Engineering at Imperial College and the Royal College of Art in London.
Concrete Canvas Ltd’s core material technology enables the supply of unique construction solutions that are extremely fast, easy to install and environmentally friendly. The company prides itself on innovation, quality and responsiveness to our customers’ needs.
The primary markets for Concrete Canvas Ltd are in the civil infrastructure (road and rail), mining and petrochemical sectors where CC is used for erosion control applications such as channel lining, slope protection and bund lining.The company has grown rapidly since 2005 and has sold its products to over 80 countries around the world.
TAI HOE TO DESTROY STOCKS OF GEOPLAST GUARD CONCRETE MATTRESS
15 JULY 2024
Tai Hoe Resources Sdn. Bhd (“Tai Hoe”) has signed an undertaking to destroy all stock of Geoplast Guard Concrete Mattress (a GCCM imported by Tai Hoe from China) and related marketing materials within 14 days and cease all business activities in relation to Geoplast Guard Concrete Mattress and any other product/method which would infringe Concrete Canvas’ patent MY-159271-A.
Tai Hoe agreed to this following a letter from Concrete Canvas Technology Ltd.’s solicitors informing Tai Hoe that their marketing of the Geoplast Guard Concrete Mattress GCCM (the GCCM imported by Tai Hoe from China) infringed the claims of Concrete Canvas’ patent MY-159271-A and that their marketing material advertising the infringing Chinese product included images of Concrete Canvas’ installations being passed off as installations of the infringing Chinese product.
Concrete Canvas will robustly seek to enforce their intellectual property rights where they are being infringed by a manufacturer, distributor or otherwise. Such enforcement will occur at a time and in a jurisdiction where Concrete Canvas can best accomplish its objectives. Patents exist to protect and encourage investment in innovation. It is in all of our interests to respect the law, including patent law.
Further information on Concrete Canvas Technology’s patents and trademarks can be found at:
https://www.concretecanvas.com/patent-trademark-info/