Appellate Court Upholds Ruling for SmartDisk Corporation.FORT MYERS Fort Myers, city (1990 pop. 45,206), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc. 1905. It has a tourist trade and light industry and is a shipping point for citrus fruits, winter vegetables, flowers (especially , Fla. -- SmartDisk Corporation announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has favorably fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. the final judgment of non-infringement rendered by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in a lawsuit against SmartDisk. The lawsuit, filed in June 2000, alleged that SmartDisk's Smarty An earlier device marketed by Fischer International Systems Corporation, Naples, FL (www.fisc.com) that used a standard 3.5" floppy drive to read smart cards. The smart card was inserted into Smarty, which resembled a floppy disk. and FlashPath products infringed a U.S. patent asserted by PC Connector Solutions, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . "We are pleased that the Court has agreed with SmartDisk that there was no infringement by our products. The Court of Appeals decision, upholding the District Court's Summary Judgment ruling of December 2003, finally resolves the legal issue between the parties," commented Michael S. Battaglia, President and Chief Executive Officer of SmartDisk. About SmartDisk Corporation SmartDisk is a leading provider of portable, network and multimedia storage products and technologies that enable people to enjoy, share and preserve digital content and information. Headquartered in the U.S., with operations in Europe and Asia, SmartDisk sells and supports its products worldwide. For more information, go to http://www.smartdisk.com. |
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