Fish & Richardson Wins Jury Verdict for Adobe in Patent Suit

         Fish & Richardson Wins Jury Verdict for Adobe in Patent Suit

PR Newswire

WILMINGTON, Del., July 19, 2012

WILMINGTON, Del., July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With a judgment entered today,
Fish & Richardson has won a major jury verdict for Adobe Systems Inc. in a
patent infringement suit brought by Tarkus Imaging Inc. over its automatic
tone correction patent.  On June 29, 2012, a Delaware federal jury ruled that
Adobe did not infringe Tarkus Imaging's digital imaging patent.  The jury also
found that Adobe did not actively induce infringement or commit contributory
infringement of any of the claims in the patent in suit.  Tarkus had asked for
several million dollars in damages.

The Fish Adobe team was led by principal Frank Scherkenbach with assistance
from principals Douglas E. McCann and Thomas A. Brown.

Canon USA, a co-defendant in the case, settled with Tarkus immediately before
the jury's verdict, which also found that Canon did not infringe the patent. 
Tarkus had also originally sued Nikon, which settled in 2011.  

About Fish & Richardson
Fish & Richardson is a global law firm providing strategic counseling and
litigation services to innovative clients who seek to protect and maximize the
value of their intellectual property (IP).  With more than 375 attorneys and
technology specialists practicing IP strategy and counseling, IP litigation,
and business litigation, Fish is known for its trial skills and superior
technical expertise.  Fish has been named top patent litigation firm in the
country for eight straight years, a premier IP firm for America's biggest
companies, and an elite top tier law practice.  For more information, visit
www.fr.com or follow @fishrichardson on Twitter.

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