Permanent Injunction Obtained against Wenzel and Xspect Solutions over PC-DMIS Software Trade Secrets.
London, United Kingdom - June 24, 2009 - Hexagon Metrology today
announces a victory in its dispute over alleged misappropriation of
trade secrets from its market-leading PC-DMIS inspection and
measurement software, which is developed and published by Hexagon
Metrology division Wilcox Associates, Inc. The suit, filed against
Xspect Solutions, Inc. (“Xspect”), Wenzel Group GmbH & Co. KG
(“Wenzel Group”), Wenzel Prazision GmbH (“ Wenzel Prazision”), and
Wenzel Metromec AG (“Wenzel Metromec”) arose over allegations that the
above mentioned companies used and disclosed confidential information
and trade secrets for the benefit of Xspect, Wenzel Group, Wenzel
Prazision, and Wenzel Metromec.
The US District court of the Eastern District of Michigan, has issued a
permanent injunction order against Xspect, Wenzel Group, Wenzel
Prazision and Wenzel Metromec (“the parties”) in the Federal Court
wherein they agreed to refrain from using or disclosing any
confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of Wilcox
Associates, Inc. Specifically, the parties have agreed to the
injunction which enjoins them from the following actions for either a
set or indefinite period of time:
* The parties must not solicit for hire any technical employees of
Wilcox, Hexagon Metrology, Inc. or Hexagon Holdings, Inc.
(collectively, “Hexagon”);
* The parties may not ever use or disclose any of Hexagon’s confidential, proprietary or trade secret information or property;
* The parties may not ever develop any product or provide any service
involving the use of Hexagon’s confidential, proprietary or trade
secret information;
* The parties may not develop any PC-DMIS translation utility or develop, market or sell any PC-DMIS execute utility;
* May not release any new version of a measurement software that
includes a translation feature or an execute feature without first
notifying Wilcox; and
* May not infringe, directly or indirectly, upon Hexagon’s copyrights.
Hexagon Metrology’s parent company, Hexagon AB, takes a serious view of
intellectual property infringement and adheres to the principle of
legally defending its rights. The company develops market-leading
solutions for industrial measurement applications, maintains an active
portfolio of more than 1,700 active patents, and invests more than
thirteen percent of its net sales in research and product development
yearly.
About Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology is part of the Hexagon AB Group and includes leading
metrology brands such as Brown & Sharpe, CE Johansson, CimCore,
CogniTens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h,
PC-DMIS, QUINDOS, ROMER, Sheffield and TESA. Hexagon Metrology brands
represent an unrivaled global installed base of millions of CMMs,
portable measuring systems and handheld instruments, and tens of
thousands of metrology software licenses. Hexagon Metrology empowers
its customers to fully control manufacturing processes that rely on
dimensional precision, ensuring that products manufactured precisely
conform to the original product design. The company offering of
machines, systems and software is complemented by a wide range of
product support, aftermarket and value-added services. More
information can be found at www.HexagonMetrology.com