Cognex Sues Matrox; Lawsuit Claims Infringement of Machine Vision Patent.Business Editors Cognex Corporation Cognex Corporation is an American corporation that manufactures commercial machine vision systems. Cognex is the world leader in its field, holding an array of patents and employing academic experts. (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 : CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, announced today that it has filed a complaint against Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd., a Canada-based manufacturer of computer imaging hardware and software, and its distributor in Massachusetts. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. in Boston. Cognex is claiming that the Matrox Geometric Model A geometric model describes the shape of a physical or mathematical object by means of geometric concepts. Geometric model(l)ing is the construction or use of geometric models. Finder software, and possibly other components, shipped as part of the company's Matrox Imaging Library (MIL), infringes claims of at least one Cognex patent. Cognex is seeking action by the court to stop Matrox from making and selling Geometric Model Finder or any other product which is found to infringe Cognex patents. Cognex is also seeking unspecified damages to compensate for the Matrox 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. . "Over the years Cognex has been first to market with a broad range of innovative machine vision technologies, which have made significant contributions to industrial efficiency and product quality worldwide," said Bill Silver, Cognex's Chief Technology Officer. "Unfortunately, the commercial success of our innovations has motivated some other machine vision vendors to emulate our technology. I have personally investigated the Matrox Geometric Model Finder and I believe that it infringes claims held by Cognex." "Cognex welcomes competition, but not competition that encroaches upon Cognex's intellectual property rights," said Dr. Robert J. Shillman, Cognex's President, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Chairman. "This lawsuit is about stopping our competitors from taking unfair advantage of the significant R & D investments made by Cognex." Dr. Shillman continued, "Cognex has 134 issued patents, and another 133 patents pending. We will assert our patent rights against any vision company that makes, uses or sells products that we believe infringe these patents, and we will also assert those rights against any user or manufacturer of equipment that incorporates such products." Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision systems, or computers that can "see." Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 150,000 machine vision systems, representing over $1 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Cognex's Modular Vision Systems Division, headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts Natick (Pronunciation IPA: /ˈneɪtɪk/) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Natick is located near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 32,170 at the , specializes in machine vision systems which are used for automating the manufacture of a wide range of discrete items and for assuring their quality. Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division, headquartered in Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. , specializes in machine vision systems which are used for inspecting the surfaces of products manufactured in a continuous fashion, such as metals, paper, plastics, and nonwovens. In addition to its corporate headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, Cognex also has regional offices located throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Japan, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Visit Cognex on-line at http://www.cognex.com. |
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