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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:27:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    Intermec Technologies Corp. and Symbol Technologies Inc. today disclosed that they have finally resolved their contentious intellectual property dispute by agreeing to end all outstanding litigation related to automated identification and data capture (AIDC) technologies. Under terms of an agreement, the two companies will cross-license each other's patents, and have released each other from patent-infringement damage claims. They have also signed a four-year accord that includes an agreement not to sue one another over remaining patents. The resolution brings to an end a litigation fight that accelerated in March 2005 when Symbol sued Intermec, claiming the latter had infringed upon its bar code scanning and wireless patents. Intermec fired back at Symbol with lawsuits of its own, claiming that Symbol had infringed on a variety of its patents. Intermec later escalated the tensions by claiming Symbol had violated U.S. trade laws by marketing patent-infringing products. [Click to continue] |
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