Cognex sues MVTec
-- Test & Measurement World, 5/28/2008 5:38:00 AM
Cognex has announced today that it has filed a complaint against MVTec Software GmbH and its US subsidiary, MVTec LLC. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston.
The complaint by Cognex alleges that MVTec’s Halcon machine-vision software infringes the claims of at least seven Cognex patents. Cognex is asking the court to enjoin MVTec from making and selling the infringing software, and is seeking unspecified damages in compensation for past infringement. Fuji America, a company selling semiconductor capital equipment that incorporates MVTec’s Halcon software, is also named in the complaint.
“Cognex takes a very strong stand on intellectual property rights, whether we are defending our technology or asserting our patents,” said Dr. Robert J. Shillman, chairman and CEO of Cognex. “Our success in past cases….against Acacia Research Corporation just last week, and against the Lemelson Partnership in 2004….together with this current action show our fierce determination to protect the advanced machine vision technology that our engineers have developed.”
Shillman continued, “Cognex has made a very significant investment in R&D over the years, and we have a responsibility to both our investors and to our customers who have paid for Cognex proprietary technology to protect that investment. We will be firm in defending our technology against any vision company that makes, uses or sells products that we believe infringe our patents, and any user or manufacturer of equipment that incorporates such products.”
Dr. Olaf Munkelt, managing director of MVTec Software GmbH, issued this statement in response to the lawsuit: "One of the important values within business is to understand the concept of fair competition. Part of these values is to respect intellectual property rights. MVTec is ready and committed to defend itself as well as its customers against these claims because we believe these claims to be unfounded. MVTec has spent a great amount of resources over the years to invent, develop, and to patent machine vision technology. Last but not least we should keep in mind that back in 2003 Cognex withdrew a lawsuit regarding matching technology against another one of their biggest competitors."
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