TomTom agreed to pay the US software giant to use patented car navigation and file management technology and to also let Microsoft use some of TomTom’s technology, according to a joint announcement.<\/p>\n
"This agreement puts an end to the litigation between our two companies" said TomTom IP Strategy and Transactions director Peter Spours.<\/p>\n
Microsoft in February filed complaints against TomTom in US district court and with the International Trade Commission.<\/p>\n
TomTom filed a counter-suit accusing Microsoft of infringing on some of its patented technology.<\/p>\n
Horacio Gutierrez, deputy general counsel of intellectual property and licensing at Microsoft, said at the time that licensing talks between Microsoft and TomTom had dragged on for more than a year with no worthwhile results.<\/p>\n
The deal that settled the dispute is to last five years and does not involve Microsoft paying any money to TomTom, according to the companies.<\/p>\n
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but payment due to Microsoft is to be based on past and future US sales of TomTom devices.<\/p>\n
"We are pleased TomTom has chosen to resolve the litigation amicably by entering into a patent agreement," Gutierrez said on Monday.<\/p>\n
"We were able to work with TomTom to develop a patent agreement that addresses their needs and ours in a pragmatic way."<\/p>\n
TomTom bills itself as the world’s leading "navigation solutions provider."<\/p>\n
TomTom devices such as its popular GO guide drivers by using satellite tracking of vehicles along with a vast database built with the help of digital map firm TeleAtlas, which it bought in 2008.<\/p>\n
Early this year, TomTom launched GO 740 Live services that stream real-time traffic updates, weather, and local fuel prices to navigation devices that typically mount on dashboards.<\/p>\n
Live also enables people to search the Internet using Google.<\/p>\n
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