ADC Telecommunications Announces Resolution of Patent Litigation.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 1998--ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ; www.adc.com) announced today the settlement of a patent suit against Alcoa Fujikura, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), and jointly owned with Fujikura Ltd. and Fujikura International, Inc. The case involved ADC's U.S. Patent No. B1 Re. 34,955, relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc fiber distribution frame products. ADC claimed Alcoa Fujikura infringed the patent. Alcoa Fujikura had claimed the patent was invalid and unenforceable Adj. 1. unenforceable - not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion; "an unenforceable law"; "unenforceable reforms" enforceable - capable of being enforced . Alcoa Fujikura consented to the entry of a final judgment by the District Court for the District of Minnesota finding the ADC patent valid and enforceable. Also, Alcoa Fujikura has taken a license under the ADC patent and agreed to a supply contract. The licensed technology relates to ADC's fiber distribution frame connector modules, which are designed with connectors mounted in left and right fields. The connectors in the right field are angled toward the right side of the moduleand the connectors mounted in the left field are angled toward the left side of the module, which provides improved fiber-optic cable management. The licensed technology further relates to ADC's fiber distribution frames, which have interchangeable splice, storage and connector modules that allow telecommunications companies to interchangeably customize their fiber distribution frames according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. functional and capacity needs. ADC Telecommunications ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) is a communications company located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. History In 1935, Ralph Allison founded ADC Telecommunications in the basement of his south Minneapolis home, inventing ADC's very , Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) is a leading global supplier of voice, video and data systems for telephone, cable television, Internet, broadcast, wireless and private communications networks. ADC's systems enable local access and high-speed transmission of communications services from providers to consumers and businesses over fiber-optic, copper, coaxial and wireless media. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota “Minneapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Minneapolis (disambiguation). Minneapolis (pronounced IPA: /ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs/) is the largest city in the U.S. , ADC has approximately 6,600 employees around the world and annual sales of $1.2 billion. For more information about ADC, visit our Web site at www.adc.com.
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