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austriamicrosystems confirms validity of court decision in patent infringement lawsuit against Melexis, is confident to prevail in appeal of first-instance patentability decision

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (December 17, 2010) -

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Patents, Copyright & Trademarks
17.12.2010
austriamicrosystems
(SIX: AMS) today confirmed that the first-instance verdict in the 
patent infringement lawsuit against Melexis N.V. / SA (Belgium) and 
its German subsidiary Melexis GmbH before the District Court 
(Landgericht) in Duesseldorf (Germany) regarding magnetic field 
encoder products and European Patent EP 0 916 074 B1 remains valid. 
At the same time, austriamicrosystems expects to ultimately prevail 
against the first-instance decision by the Federal Patent Court 
(Bundespatentgericht) in Munich (Germany) which deems the European 
Patent EP 0 916 074 B1 covering magnetic field encoder products and 
exclusively held by austriamicrosystems not patentable.
austriamicrosystems will appeal the court´s decision at the Federal 
Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe (Germany) after the 
first-instance court´s decision has been issued in writing. 
austriamicrosystems is confident to prevail in this next and final 
instance and to have the patent fully validated by the court.
austriamicrosystems emphasizes that this recent development has no 
impact on its current and future business. As the first-instance 
decision by the Federal Patent Court remains legally non-binding 
until the appeal has been decided, Melexis will, however, continue to
carry the risk of financial damages for patent infringement being 
awarded to austriamicrosystems after positive decision of the appeal.
austriamicrosystems is the worldwide leader in high resolution ICs 
with magnetic field sensors, offering a broad range of rotary and 
linear encoders. Providing robust, contactless position measurement, 
magnetic field encoders from austriamicrosystems are ideally suited 
for virtually countless applications in industrial, automotive and 
consumer electronics.
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

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