The situation is particularly difficult for small, innovative companies that have to defend themselves against patent infringements by large corporations. The Affolterbach-based company Jöst abrasives has now achieved a landmark success in court. The Odenwald-based abrasives manufacturer has won a multi-year legal dispute over an important patent against the world's largest abrasives group, Saint-Gobain Abrasives GmbH… 1 Odenwälder Zeitung, Stefan Jünger, "Wir setzen weltweit neue Maßstäbe", August 2010