Ampex Corporation successfully defends patent infringement lawsuit by Mitsubishi Electric.REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1997--Ampex Corporation (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :AXC AXC Chief Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Technician (Naval Rating) AXC Add Cross-Connect Card ) reported today that it had successfully defended 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. lawsuit brought by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. The suit was filed in the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. for the Central District of California and alleged infringement of two Mitsubishi patents by certain Ampex video and data recorder products. Mitsubishi had filed the suit in December 1995, two months after Ampex had filed suit against Mitsubishi in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is the Federal district court having jurisdiction over the entire state of Delaware. The Court sits in Wilmington. Currently, three judges and two magistrate judges preside over the court. , alleging infringement by Mitsubishi of three Ampex patents relating to certain Mitsubishi video recorder and television products. The California court determined that Ampex has no liability to Mitsubishi, finding in favor of Ampex with respect to both Mitsubishi patents. The trial of Ampex's suit against Mitsubishi is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 31, 1997. Ampex Corporation, with headquarters in Redwood City, is one of the world's leading innovators in the fields of magnetic recording, image processing and high performance digital storage. Currently, Ampex is focusing its technology on the emerging market for mass digital storage in the visual information age. During its 53-year history of innovation, Ampex has been granted thousands of patents and has earned numerous awards for technical achievement. Today, Ampex customers include numerous well-known organizations such as AT&T, Boeing, Mobil Oil, Time Warner and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. . CONTACT: Ampex Corporation Karen D. Schweikher, 415/367-4111 |
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