The MOT release. The theif and his boss are suspened. Too bad!
Friday April 25 10:57 AM EDT - Source: Motorola, Inc.
Motorola Statement in Response to Ruling In Motorola-Qualcomm Intellectual Property Lawsuit
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Motorola (NYSE:MOT) in response to the ruling in the Motorola-Qualcomm Intellectual Property Lawsuit:
``We are disappointed in the ruling by the U.S. District Court of Southern California in which it decided not to grant Motorola a preliminary injunction in its efforts to halt production of Qualcomm's Q phone. Claims made against Qualcomm include trade dress infringement, design patent infringement, unfair competition and consumer fraud, among other claims.
``In his decision, Judge Napoleon Jones also cited an action of a Motorola engineer who ' ... took a piece of the Q phone telephone housing from a desk of Shieldmate Robotics, without their knowledge or permission.' Though the misconduct was unknown to and had no bearing upon those who prepared our lawsuit against Qualcomm and Shieldmate, we regret very deeply that any Motorola employee would behave in such a manner. We regret further that his immediate supervisors failed to take appropriate action when they later learned of what he had done. We apologize to the Courtand to Shieldmate. These people have been suspended until further appropriate disciplinary action is determined.
``But make no mistake, neither the judge's decision nor this individual's mistake changes our belief that Qualcomm is trying to sell a StarTAC(TM) copycat phone. Our intellectual property was blatantly misappropriated, and we will continue to pursue our case with undiminished energy.''
Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, components, and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1996 sales were $28 billion. |
