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A San Diego judge declared a mistrial on Dec. 6 in the long-running patent infringement lawsuit between Faro Technologies Inc. and ROMER Inc.
Hexagon AB, ROMER’s parent company, filed the suit in 2003 alleging that the unlimited rotation feature in Faro’s FaroArm violates ROMER’s patent. The mistrial was declared after a nine-member jury announced it was unable to reach a verdict in the case. Subsequently, the judge ordered a new, shortened trial with a new jury to decide the case. That trial will begin in April.“Hexagon has a research-and-development budget close to 10 percent of sales and a portfolio of more than 1,500 active patents,” says Ola Rollen, Hexagon AB president and CEO. “We take patent infringement very seriously and have a principle to enforce our rights.”
Faro has announced that it will continue to fight allegations that its FaroArm infringes on ROMER’s patent. “Regardless of the competitor’s response to the verdict, we will not be deterred in our efforts to remain the leading provider of portable, 3-D measurement technology.”
For more information, visit http://investors.hexagon.se/index.php?p=press&s=detail&afw_lang=en&afw_id=1057032.
Faro Technologies Inc. is on the Web at www.faro.com.
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