
NUMBER:98/1
SUBJECT:BETA VERSUS USM 16 YEARS LEGAL CONFLICT ENDS IN A BETA VICTORY.
DATE:1.3.98
WE ANNOUNCE THE END OF A 16 YEARS OLD LEGAL CONFLICT OVER THE ISSUE OF WHO INVENTED AUTOSTITCHERS.THE CONFLICT ENDED LAST MONTH IN A BETA VICTORY OVER USM.IN 1982 USM FILLED AN APPLICATION FOR PATENT REGISTRATION IN ISRAEL FOR COMPUTER STITCHERS AND OTHER FEATURES IN THE AUTOSTITCHER.THE INTENTION OF THIS APPLICATION WAS TO TRY AND GAIN A PATENT STATUS WHICH WILL BLOCK BETA'S ACTIVITIES IN ISRAEL.BETA HAS FILLED AN OPPOSITION TO THESE PATENTS FOR AN OBVIOUS REASON.LAST MONTH,IN A COURT RULING,THE PATENT APPLICATION WAS WITHDRAWN WITHOUT ANY CLAIM FOR EXPENSES THUS MAKING BETA THE WINNING SIDE IN THIS HISTORICAL DEBATE.
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