Agfa and LightSurf Settle ePhoto Disputes.Business/Technology Editors RIDGEFIELD PARK Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , N.J. and SANTA CRUZ Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2000 Digital photography industry leaders Agfa Corporation and LightSurf Technologies, Inc. today announced they have settled their disputes and lawsuits involving Agfa's ePhoto(R) trademark and LightSurf's ephoto.com web site. Settlement terms were not disclosed. "We are pleased to have resolved these important intellectual property rights issues," stated Christophe Fremont, Vice President, Agfa Corporation, Consumer Imaging. "We have invested heavily in the development of the ePhoto brand - representing our complete family of digital cameras. We look forward to further expansion of the ePhoto brand in digital imaging and photography." Philippe Kahn Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952)[1] is an American technology innovator and entrepreneur, French-born, known as the founder of Borland, a producer of software development tools for as well as Starfish Software, the creator of the first wireless synchronization , Chairman of LightSurf, said, "LightSurf is pleased that the resolution of this dispute confirms LightSurf's rights in its ephoto.com domain name, and allows us to continue to focus our efforts on the upcoming launch of ephoto.com and providing wireless Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ephoto and digital photography solutions to our partners and customers." ePhoto(R) is the name given to Agfa's complete family of industry-leading digital cameras. The current Agfa ePhoto(R) digital camera family offers high-quality digital image capture, while offering customer-friendly ease-of-use. ePhoto(R) digital cameras are ideal for any level of digital imaging user. LightSurf's ephoto.com web site will provide a convenient portal allowing consumers to use and share ephotos and digital photographs on the Internet with traditional technologies or LightSurf's proprietary wireless architecture for ephotos. Also available at ephoto.com will be ephoto T-shirts, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. gifts, prints and other ephoto finishing services. About Agfa Agfa Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa Group, which ranks among the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics industry, medical and industrial radiography Radiography is the use of ionising electromagnetic radiation to view objects in a way that can't be seen otherwise. Radiography in general should not be confused with the use of ionizing radiation to change or modify objects; radiography's purpose is strictly for viewing. , micrographics The production, handling and use of microfilm and microfiche. Images are created by cameras or by COM units that accept computer output directly. The documents are magnified for human viewing by readers, some of which can automatically locate a page using indexing techniques. and motion picture film and consumer imaging and photography markets. Agfa has its headquarters in Mortsel, Belgium, employing about 22,000 people in 40 countries. Worldwide sales for 1999 were $4.7 billion Euro. In the U.S., Agfa is headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, and employs 4,500 people. Product and company information may be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at www.agfa.com. About LightSurf Technologies Inc. LightSurf is the leading provider of wireless Internet digital photography infrastructure, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. technology and intellectual property based on the company's patent-pending LightSurf architecture for ephotos. The company's business areas include integrated wireless digital photography chipsets and system software, as well as licensing to its partners of the LightSurf architecture and infrastructure for e-photos and e-commerce. Headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA, LightSurf is privately held. LightSurf was founded in 1998 by leading industry visionary 1. visionary - One who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of getting computers to "see" things using TV cameras. (There isn't any problem in sending information from a TV camera to a computer. Philippe Kahn. For additional information regarding LightSurf, please visit our web sites at www.lightsurf.com and www.ephoto.com |
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