GUENTHER@WSUVM1.BITNET (Dean Guenther 509-335-0411) (08/13/86)
Remember Chuck Bigelow's article on type protection? Did you catch this
article from the "TypeWorld" newspaper, vol X #9, July 11, 1986:
"CG Settles suit
Wilmington, MA -- Compugraphic Corporation has announced that it has settl
litigation instituted against the company by Information International Inc
Culver City, Calif. The patent in question is for a character-generating m
and system.
The details of the installment-payment settlement were not disclosed.
Compugraphic has announced that it will incur a non-recurring pretax charg
approximately $2 million against the earnings of the second quarter of thi
As a result, the company expects to report a loss of $2 million for the pe
June 28, 1986. Compugraphic had previously reported that it expected net i
in the second quarter to approach a breakeven or a possible loss.
Compugraphic does not expect the settlement's impact on the financial
results of future quarters to be material."
I wonder who is next...?GUENTHER@WSUVM1.BITNET (Dean Guenther 509-335-0411) (08/14/86)
I goofed, the BITNET/ARPANET gateway (or somewhere along the line)
truncated my note. I'll send it again.
Remember Chuck Bigelow's article on type protection? Did you catch this
article from the "TypeWorld" newspaper, vol X #9, July 11, 1986:
"CG Settles suit
Wilmington, MA -- Compugraphic Corporation has announced that it has
settled patent litigation instituted against the company by Information
International Inc., Culver City, Calif. The patent in question is for a
character-generating method and system.
The details of the installment-payment settlement were not disclosed.
However, Compugraphic has announced that it will incur a non-recurring
pretax charge of approximately $2 million against the earnings of the
second quarter of this year. As a result, the company expects to report
a loss of $2 million for the period June 28, 1986. Compugraphic had
previously reported that it expected net income
in the second quarter to approach a breakeven or a possible loss.
Compugraphic does not expect the settlement's impact on the
financial results of future quarters to be material."
[[Editor's note: It looks like someone's IBM system chopped the
lines of the previous message off at column 80. Interesting that it
made as much sense as it did! --Rick ]]