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Metris Responds to Hexagon Lawsuit

Claim that law suit is "baseless."

Quality Digest
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 13:53
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(Quality Digest: Louisville, KY) -- As first reported in the July 17th issue of Quality Digest Daily, Hexagon Metrology has filed patent infringement litigation against Metris N.V. and its U.S. subsidiary Metris U.S.A. Inc. The basis of that lawsuit, according to court documents obtained by Quality Digest and verified by Hexagon representatives, involved the rotational abilities of the Metris MCA series of coordinate measuring arms, which Hexagon contends is an infringement upon the company’s patent-protected “infinite rotation” technology.

“The Hexagon lawsuit is baseless and without merit,” says Robert A. Wasilesky, Metris senior vice president of sales and marketing, in a statement issued at the ongoing Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference. “We investigated and re-investigated patent 148 and found no infringement in the MCA technology. We respect others’ intellectual property as we would hope that others would respect ours.

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