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Article: Elekta's Patent Dispute in the U.S.
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- September 20, 2002
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Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2002
As previously announced on several occasions a privately held American company sued certain companies within the Elekta Group (STHLM: EKTA.B) for patent infringement in late 1997.
The plaintiff asserted that some of Elekta's software products were infringing on some U.S. patents held by that company. The patents relate to a method of transferring medical images, e.g., CT or MRI scans into a computer for the purpose of stereotactic planning and image fusion.
In February 2002 the jury in the United States District Court for Southern District of ...