NVIDIA Corporation and ICOS Vision Systems File Declaratory Judgment Complaints against Scanner Technologies.MINNEAPOLIS -- Scanner Technologies Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :SCNI SCNI Security of Critical Networked Infrastructures SCNI Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. SCNI Sports Council Northern Ireland ) today announced that NVIDIA Corporation and ICOS Vision Systems N.V. have filed declaratory judgment declaratory judgment In law, a judgment merely declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument. It is binding but is distinguished from other judgments or court opinions in that it includes no executive element (an order that complaints against Scanner Technologies in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The complaints seek rulings that various patents owned by Scanner Technologies are invalid and not infringed by BGA (Ball Grid Array) A popular surface mount chip package that uses a grid of solder balls as its connectors. Available in plastic and ceramic varieties, BGA is noted for its compact size, high lead count and low inductance, which allows lower voltages to be used. devices manufactured by NVIDIA and inspection equipment manufactured ICOS. Scanner had previously sued NVIDIA in 2006 alleging that it sold infringing BGA devices covered by one or more claims of U.S. Patents 7,079,678 and 7,085,411. That case was dismissed in 2007 after the New York court judged those patents, and other related patents, to be unenforcable. However, a recent ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a United States court of appeals. The Federal Circuit was created by Congress with passage of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982. The court is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and occupies the Howard T. vacated the New York judgment affecting the related patents, stating "Because we hold that the district court erred in holding the patents in suit unenforceable for inequitable conduct, we necessarily vacate To annul, set aside, or render void; to surrender possession or occupancy. The term vacate has two common usages in the law. With respect to real property, to vacate the premises means to give up possession of the property and leave the area totally devoid of contents. the district court's judgment that the related patents not in suit are unenforceable." Additional related patents owned by Scanner affected by the Federal Circuit ruling include U.S. Patents 6,915,007, 6,915,006, 6,862,365, and 6,072,898. The Court of Appeals ruling also affirmed decisions of noninfringement and invalidity of U.S. patents 6,064,756 and 6,064,757 owned by Scanner. About Scanner Technologies Corporation: Scanner is a New Mexico corporation that invents, develops and markets vision inspection products that are used in the semiconductor industry for the inspection of integrated circuits. Scanner's headquarters are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a manufacturing facility in Tempe, Arizona. Scanner's stock is traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol "SCNI." For more information please visit www.scannertech.com. |
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