American Dental and Sunrise Technologies settle lawsuits.SOUTHFIELD, Mich./FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- July 31, 1996--American Dental Technologies Inc. ("ADT (Asynchronous Data Transfer) A transmission technique used in ISDN PBXs that dynamically allocates bandwidth. See also abstract data type. ADT - abstract data type ") and Sunrise Technologies International Inc. ("Sunrise") announced today that all lawsuits pending between them have been settled. An appeal pending in the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc disputes arising out of a February 1994 settlement agreement between the parties will be dismissed and Sunrise will release the $940,178 judgment it received against ADT last August in the Superior Court for the County of Alameda-Southern Division. In addition, all three patent cases between the parties pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa will be dismissed. Mutual general releases will also be exchanged. ADT will license Sunrise under its dental air abrasive method and systems patents in return for a royalty on air abrasive products manufactured, sold, or leased by Sunrise. Sunrise will acknowledge the validity of ADT's method and system patents (U.S. Patent Numbers 5,275,561, 5,330,354, 5,350,299 and 5,525,058). ADT will acknowledge that Sunrise's current products are not infringing ADT's apparatus patents (U.S. Patent Numbers 4,635,897, 4,708,534, 4,733,503 and 4,893,440) or any other non-dental air abrasive patents owned by ADT. Sunrise's patent license will be non-exclusive. Management of both companies stated they are pleased with the settlement of these cases, as each company can now concentrate on making and selling products rather than using their resources to continue time consuming, expensive litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Sunrise Technologies, headquartered in Fremont, produces and markets high technology products for dentistry and ophthalmology ophthalmology (ŏf'thălmŏl`əjē), branch of medicine specializing in the anatomy, function and diseases of the eye. Ophthalmologists specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of eye disorders, vision measurements for . It is traded Over The Counter under the symbol SNRS SNRS Securing Networks with Cisco Routers and Switches SNRS Southern Nursing Research Society . American Dental Technologies, headquartered in Southfield, develops and manufactures advanced technologies for dentistry and markets them worldwide. It is listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbol ADLI. CONTACT: American Dental Technologies, Southfield Diane Miller Diane Miller is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She has been portrayed by Carolyn Hennesy since January 3, 2007. Character history Diane was introduced as the new attorney of Port Charles mobster Sonny Corinthos. , 810/353-5300 or Sunrise Technologies, Fremont Carol Kaplan, 510/623-9001, ext. 202 |
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