After efforts to reach a negotiated settlement failed, Honeywell sued Minolta in April 1987. The dispute began in 1985, when Minolta introduced the Maxxum camera. The verdict by the eight-person jury followed a 4-month civil trial in U.S.
Kusumoto said the United States is Minolta's largest and most important single market. However, we must weigh the cost and distraction of continuing this prolonged litigation against the pressing need to concentrate our full attention on strengthening our business and serving customers.' judicial system, and we are confident that if we pursue this case further we will ultimately prevail.
'Minolta continues to have great faith in the U.S. 'While we disagree with some aspects of the jury's decision, we are gratified that the jury rejected Honeywell's claims that we willfully infringed their patents or violated our business contract,' said Sam Kusumoto, chairman and chief executive officer of Minolta Corp., the company's U.S.
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