Koolvac

Koolvac was a robotic vacuum cleaner sold in the U.S. by former iRobot distributor Koolatron, owned by Canadian Urus Industrial Corp. iRobot filed a lawsuit against Koolatron, claiming that Koolvac was an unauthorized copy of their Roomba model. iRobot won the court case and Koolatron was prohibited from further sales of Koolvacs within the United States. All unsold units had to be destroyed or exported out of the U.S. by October 2005.

See also

• List of vacuum cleaners

References

• "iRobot Targets Roomba Knockoff", PC Magazine - May 10, 2005 Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-01-23
• "IRobot patent win sweeps rival out of U.S.", Boston Business Journal - August 25, 2005. Retrieved 2011-01-23