Mar 28, 2002 Menlo Park, CA
Michael Gouldsmith, president of OK International Inc. (Menlo Park, CA), reported that U.S. District Court Judge Robert M. Takasugi dismissed a lawsuit filed by American Hakko Products, Inc. (Valencia, CA) against OK International's soldering instruments division, Metcal, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA).
According to a press release issued by Metcal today, in a suit filed last October, American Hakko sought a declaratory judgment in support of the recent introduction of the company's FM 202 soldering system, in the hope that the court would forestall a potential claim by OK International and its Metcal division that the FM 202 product infringes U.S. Patent No. 4,839,501.
Metcal moved the court to dismiss the action for lack of jurisdiction. Judge Takasugi granted Metcal's motion, dismissing the case.
