NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Cognex
Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) announced today that it has filed a
patent infringement lawsuit against
Microscan Systems, Inc. in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Cognex alleges that Microscan's Mobile Hawk, a handheld product used to
read Direct Part Mark (DPM) codes, infringes a patent held by Cognex.
The lawsuit seeks to prohibit Microscan from using Cognex's patented
technology in its products, and to recover damages resulting from the
infringement.
"Cognex has invested substantial time and resources to develop highly
innovative ID code-reading technologies, and thousands of customers
around the world purchase our products precisely because of our
innovations. While we welcome legitimate competition, we will not stand
idly by when competitors use our proprietary technology against us in
the marketplace. We have a responsibility to all of our stakeholders,
particularly to our engineers who devote significant effort to create
new technologies, to take meaningful action whenever a competitor
infringes any of our patents," said Robert J. Willett, Chief Executive
Officer of Cognex.
About Cognex Corporation
Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range
of products that incorporate sophisticated machine vision technology
that gives them the ability to "see." Cognex products include barcode
readers, machine vision sensors and machine vision systems that are used
in factories, warehouses and distribution centers around the world to
guide, gauge, inspect, identify and assure the quality of items during
the manufacturing and distribution process. Cognex is the world's leader
in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 850,000
vision-based products, representing over $3 billion in cumulative
revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Headquartered in Natick,
Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has regional offices and distributors located
throughout North America, Japan, Europe, Asia and Latin America. For
details visit Cognex online at http://www.cognex.com.
Cognex Corporation
Susan Conway, 508-650-3353
Director of
Investor Relations
susan.conway@cognex.com
Source: Cognex Corporation
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