Johannesburg, 03 Sep 2013
Deltalink Consulting, the distributor of ABBYY products in South Africa, today announced that a jury appointed by the US District Court of San Francisco has found in favour of ABBYY in the patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Nuance Communications.
"ABBYY is pleased that the jury found in ABBYY's favour, finding that ABBYY did not infringe any of Nuance's asserted patent claims or its trade dress. ABBYY has remained confident in its non-infringement positions since the case was first filed in 2008. It is gratifying to see that confidence affirmed," said LeighAnn Weiland, Vice-President and General Counsel at ABBYY USA. "We believe that this win further validates our leadership position in the OCR and data capture market."
The litigation, initially filed against ABBYY and Lexmark by Nuance in February 2008, centred on alleged patent infringement of optical character recognition (OCR) technologies and trade dress by ABBYY. Following trial proceedings which began on 12 August 2013 and closed on 23 August 2013, the jury unanimously found in favour of ABBYY and Lexmark. As a result of the jury's decision, no damages have been awarded to Nuance.
"ABBYY has led the market in OCR accuracy and performance for more than 15 years and believes that this decision validates our leadership position. While we are pleased to put this trial behind us, it has in no way diluted ABBYY's commitment to ongoing technical innovation and dedicated service to its business partners and customers," said Sergey Andreyev, CEO at ABBYY Headquarters. "We look forward to working side-by-side with our partners to meet customer needs with innovative solutions."
For more information about ABBYY or its document recognition and data capture solutions, please contact Deltalink Consulting or visit www.abbyy.com.
Share