3D SYSTEMS RESOLVES TWO LAWSUITS.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - Local solid imaging firm 3D Systems has resolved two separate lawsuits, one involving a $360,000 settlement with a Japanese technology distributor, the company said Wednesday. Hitachi Zosen Information Systems sued the Valencia-based laser imaging and modeling company in 2002 for about 535 million yen, or about $4.8 million, in alleged lost sales of a laser sintering Building prototypes and finished parts in a machine from powdered thermoplastics and metals that are cured by heat from a laser. From CAD drawings that have been cross sectioned into thousands of layers, the machine builds up the part by curing one layer at a time. system. Hitachi Zosen was the Japan distributor of the technology manufactured by German firm EOS Eos (ē`ŏs), in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of dawn; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Every morning she arose early and preceded her brother Helios into the heavens. , whose sale there was prohibited pro·hib·it tr.v. pro·hib·it·ed, pro·hib·it·ing, pro·hib·its 1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid. 2. in a Japanese court injunction filed by DTM DTM dermatophyte test medium. Corp. 3D Systems, which acquired DTM in 2001, agreed to settle with Hitachi Zosen for 40 million yen, or roughly $360,000. In a separate action, a U.S. district court granted dismissal Sept. 30 of a patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. case the company filed against Aaroflex Inc. The lawsuit alleged stereolithography The first 3D printing technology, which was pioneered by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems. See 3D printing. equipment manufactured by Aaroflex infringed on a number of 3D Systems patents. The suit was withdrawn because Aaroflex is no longer in the business. ``We are very pleased with the resolution of both of these cases,'' said Abe Reichental, 3D Systems president and chief executive officer. ``They represent the last two remaining intellectual property lawsuits that were pending from the past. Resolving them is in the best interests of our customers and our company and eliminates a great deal of disruption and expense.'' Founded in 1986, 3D Systems provides solid imaging tools for design and manufacturing to help create physical objects from digital information. |
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