Parties File Joint Motion to Terminate Investigation Based on Settlement
Complainant Radiodetection, Ltd. and Respondents Vivax-Metrotech Corp., Seba KMT, and Leidi Utility Supply Ltd. filed a joint motion to terminate the investigation based on a settlement agreement in Inv. No. 337-TA-727, In the Matter of Certain Underground Cable and Pipe Locators. The public version of the settlement agreement, filed as an exhibit to the joint motion, indicates that Respondents have entered into a license to U.S. Patent Nos. 6,268,731 and 5,260,659 (and their foreign counterparts). This settlement appears to also resove the pending Eastern District of Virginia litigation (Case No. 1:10-CV-00644), but explicitly "does not releease [Leidi Utility Supply] from any claims, obligations, or demands in litigation between Radiodetection and [Leidi Utility Supply] currently pending in Chinese courts."
