OCP settles patent suit. (The Digest).
Optical Communication Products Inc. has resolved its pending 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 with Stratos Lightwave Inc.
The lawsuit, originally filed by Methode Electronics Inc. in
October 1999 against OCP (processor) OCP - Order Code Processor. and Infineon Technologies Corp., alleged that
OCP's 1x9 pin configuration products and its gigabit interface
converter - For Gold Based Internet Currency (GBIC), see digital gold currency
A gigabit interface converter (GBIC) is a standard for transceivers, commonly used with Gigabit Ethernet and fibre channel. (GBIC (GigaBit Interface Converter) A hardware module used to attach network devices to fiber-based transmission systems such as Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet. The GBIC converts the serial electrical signals to serial optical signals and vice versa. ) products infringe on one or more of Methode's
patents, Stratos Light-wave, a Methode spin-off and assignee of the
patents-in-suit, was added as an additional plaintiff to the lawsuit in
June 2000. The settlement resolves all claims in the lawsuit among OCP,
Stratos Lightwave and Methode Electronics.
As part of the settlement, OCP has entered into a license agreement
with Stratos Light-wave covering Stratos Lightwave's portfolio of
optoelectronic transceiver patents.
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