Damages and modified injunction reinstated against Camtek in US
FLANDERS, N.J. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 9, 2015 — Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RTEC) announced today the U.S. District Court of the District of Minnesota issued a ruling in Rudolph’s long-running patent infringement case against Camtek, Ltd. related to Rudolph’s U.S. Patent No. 6,826,298. In its opinion, the District Court denied Camtek’s motion for a new trial on damages and granted Rudolph’s motion for final judgment and reinstatement of the original damages awarded at trial in 2009. Including interest, these damages now exceed $14M. Further, the District Court enjoined Camtek from “making, using, selling and offering to sell any of its Falcon machines and any machines that are colorable imitations thereof in the United States, intended for sale and use within the United States, until the expiration of the ‘6,298 patent.” As stated by the District Court, Camtek is specifically enjoined from:
i. Communicating with third parties (in person, via phone, via email, or by any other means) located anywhere in the world for the purposes of offering to sell Falcon machines or machines that are colorable imitations thereof, where the contemplated destination of the machine is within the United States.
ii. Advertising or marketing the Falcon machines or machines that are colorable imitations thereof in the United States unless it is made clear on the marketing or advertisements that Camtek’s Falcon machines or machines that are colorable imitations thereof are not for sale or use in the United States.
iii. Providing operator training for Falcon machines or machines that are colorable imitations thereof within the United States to the extent that such training is not directly tied to service and repair of such machines that were sold and delivered to customers prior to March 5, 2009; and
iv. Reconstructing the Falcon machines sold and delivered prior to March 5, 2009 located within the United States, which includes substantially improving or otherwise substantially changing such machines relative to the state in which they were originally accepted by the customer including, among other things, providing substantial software or hardware upgrades.
Robert Koch, Rudolph’s vice president and general counsel, stated “Today’s ruling once again validates the original findings of infringement by the jury and Rudolph’s long asserted positions in this case. While Camtek still has the right to appeal this decision, we believe that the District Court’s analysis and order offer limited opportunity for them to succeed should they elect such a course of action.”
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defect inspection, advanced packaging lithography, process control
metrology, and data analysis systems and software used by semiconductor
device manufacturers worldwide. Rudolph provides a full-fab solution
through its families of proprietary products that provide critical
yield-enhancing information, enabling microelectronic device
manufacturers to drive down the costs and time to market of their
products. The Company’s expanding portfolio of equipment and software
solutions is used in both the wafer processing and final manufacturing
of ICs, and in adjacent markets such as FPD, LED and Solar.
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