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| Subject : LG faces patent suit from ITT |
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2009-03-31 |
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unit of ITT Corp., a maker of night-vision goggles and jamming gear to prevent roadside-bomb explosions, sued Verizon Wireless and other rivals alleging infringement of a U.S. patent for a Global Positioning System.
ITT yesterday also sued units of Finland`s Nokia Oyj, Motorola Inc., Korea`s LG Electronics Inc., Japan`s Kyocera Corp. and mobile phone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc.
"As a result of the infringement, ITT has been irreparably harmed and has suffered, and will continue to suffer substantial damages," company lawyer Gregory B. Williams said in court papers filed in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware.
In the Delaware lawsuit, ITT, based in White Plains, New York, is asking for a jury trial, unspecified royalties and a permanent injunction against infringement by the defendants except for activities necessary to support 911 emergency functions.
A spokeswoman for LG Electronics didn`t immediately return a message seeking comment.
ITT settled a similar lawsuit over the same patent in the same court in 2006. The company sued Korea`s Samsung Electronics Co. in 2003. Samsung agreed to resolve the case on the eve of trial under undisclosed terms. |
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