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Handspring Press Release Archive
COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF HANDSPRING
IN NCR LAW SUIT
Summary Judgment Granted in Patent Infringement Case
Mountain View, Calif. (July 12, 2002) —Handspring, Inc. (Nasdaq:HAND) today said that the U.S. District Court in Delaware ruled for the company in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by NCR Corp. last year. In issuing a July 11, 2002 order granting summary judgment in favor of Handspring, United States Magistrate Judge Mary Pat Thynge determined that Handspring did not infringe NCR's patents.
NCR filed suit against Handspring and Palm in March 2001, alleging that Handspring violated two NCR patents relating to data entry and synchronization on handheld devices. Judge Thynge said in a 67-page opinion that NCR's patents did not apply to Handspring's products or technology, concluding "that the defendants' devices do not infringe the asserted claims of the [NCR] patents."
Donna Dubinsky, Chief Executive Officer of Handspring, said, "As true innovators in the com-munications industry, Handspring vigorously protects its intellectual property and respects that of others. We will always aggressively fight meritless lawsuits, such as this one brought by NCR. Settlement of this case was never an option, despite the long process we knew it would take to obtain a favorable ruling."
Handspring is a leading innovator in personal communications and handheld computing. The company develops, manufactures and markets the Treo wireless communicators and Treo 90 organizer, the Visor expandable handheld computers, and client and server software for fast Web access from handheld devices and mobile phones. Founded in 1998, the company established itself as an industry leader with its Springboard platform, which provides a simple and easy method for hardware and software expansion. Today Handspring sells its Treo and Visor line of wireless communicators and handheld computers and Springboard expansion modules and accessories at www.handspring.com and through select Internet and retail partners in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Middle East.
The matters discussed in this press release involve risks and uncertainties, including the possibility that the U.S. District Court's ruling in favor of Handspring could be reversed if the case is appealed. A detailed discussion of other risks and uncertainties is included in Handspring's most recent Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Handspring assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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