Symbol, of Holtsville, N.Y., and Intermec, of Everett, Wash., have agreed to cross-license certain patents ">
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The companies, rivals in the burgeoning RFID space, have also released patent-infringement damage claims that may have existed on the settlement date or may arise before the covenants expire. Specific terms of the settlement agreement are confidential, but the pact ends a nasty legal battle between two companies in a power struggle for key technologies in the wireless software and RFID space. Business - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under business/finance/loan/mortgage category Computers - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under computer hardware/software/peripheral category Internet - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing category Software - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under software category Web Design - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under web design/development category Web Hosting - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under web hosting category Web Promotion - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under search engine optimization/internet marketing category Web Resources - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under other web category Recreation - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under travel/hotel/cruise category Casino - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette category Health - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under online pharmacy/hospital/health category Shopping - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under online shopping/gift category Miscellaneous - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under all other categories One potential use of RFID includes implanting a chip with data in a product or person and allowing a scanner to log it for inventory or other information. Analysts expect even more uses for RFID to blossom and project a multi-billion-dollar market in the future, making the stakes high for specialists such as Symbol and Intermec. The roots of the suits date back to 2004, when Intermec filed an RFID-related patent infringement claim against Matrics Corp., now owned by Symbol TechnologiesIntermec filed counterclaims and a complaint in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Symbol was infringing certain Intermec bar code scanning patents.
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