Rockwell Collins and Avcom Avionics Reach Settlement in Lawsuit.CEDAR RAPIDS Cedar Rapids, city (1990 pop. 108,751), seat of Linn co., E central Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. as a city 1856. The second largest city in Iowa, it is named for the surging rapids in the river. , Iowa & MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. , Fla. -- Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems, solutions, and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers. , Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COL) a leading provider of aviation electronics and communication solutions headquartered in Cedar Rapids, and Avcom Avionics & Instruments, Inc. a Miami company that services avionics equipment, announced today a settlement of all claims filed by Rockwell Collins against Avcom in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. As part of that settlement, Avcom acknowledged that it had violated Rockwell Collins' copyrights and trademarks and breeched license agreements with Rockwell Collins by having engaged in the unauthorized use of Rockwell Collins software used in upgrading Rockwell Collins Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems The Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (or TCAS) is a computerised avionics device which is designed to reduce the danger of mid-air collisions between aircraft. (TCAS TCAS Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System TCAS T-Carrier Administration System TCAS Terminal Control Address Space (MVS/TSO) TCAS Technical Control and Analysis System ) systems and in operating Rockwell Collins test equipment. Avcom agreed to pay Rockwell Collins $3.4 million and agreed to refrain from infringing on Rockwell Collins intellectual property rights in the future. "As demonstrated by this lawsuit, Rockwell Collins will take legal action to protect its software and other intellectual property from unauthorized use," said Rockwell Collins Senior Vice President and General Counsel Gary Chadick. "We are pleased that the parties were able to resolve this case under terms that we believe fairly compensate Rockwell Collins for use of its intellectual property." Avcom President Rolando Suarez added, "We believe the settlement to be fair to both parties and are pleased we are putting our disputes behind us." |
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