05/02/2009
L-3 drops lawsuit against ICOP Digital Inc.
Lenexa, KS (USA)
James J. Kernell of the law firm Erickson, Kernell, Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC, attorney for ICOP stated, "In the nearly seven months since the ITC investigation was commenced, Mobile-Vision failed to produce a single piece of evidence or a single document to support its infringement allegations. Mobile-Vision failed to provide any expert opinion regarding infringement and failed to rebut ICOP's expert, raising serious invalidity questions. Further, Mobile-Vision refused to produce any witnesses to testify on its behalf. When faced with the certainty of a ruling of non-infringement and likely invalidity, Mobile-Vision moved to withdraw its complaint at the ITC."
L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision has stated that it intends to continue its allegations in the New Jersey District court where it faces counterclaims by ICOP of non-infringement, invalidity of its patent, unfair competition, patent misuse and antitrust violations. Laura Owen, president and COO of ICOP, stated, "ICOP does not infringe L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision's wireless microphone patent. This case can only be described as an industry Goliath abusing the judicial process in an attempt to crush a small company."










