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ECD/Ovonics had successfully defended:

<snip>
The case was conducted in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Delaware. On December 23, 1997, the judge issued the final order and opinio=
n
giving ECD and Ovonic Battery precisely the results we had sought, with the
sole exception of denying our request for attorneys' fees. The decision
effectively limits MBI and its joint venture with Toyota Motor Corporation,
Panasonic EV Energy Co. of Osaka, Japan, to one low energy density model EV
battery (MHI-BX) covered by prior agreement with MBI without the ability to
further improve the battery by utilizing ECD's advanced NiMH technology. Th=
e
MHI-BX battery has lower specific energy than the current production GM
Ovonic EV battery and significantly less energy than our advanced family of
batteries, which puts the GM Ovonic battery in a much stronger competitive
position.

This very favorable court outcome, coupled with the issuance of the basic
Japanese patent for our Ovonic NiMH battery, confirms our dominant position
and enhances our future business transactions. Both actions illustrate the
strength of our basic intellectual property rights worldwide. </snip>
Stan Ovshinsky may be a name some of you know, especially if you're in any
way familiar with amorphous semiconductor technology.  He's a genius, and
America is a profoundly richer country because of people like him.  He's
been named Time Magazine's Hero for the Planet and was awarded the 2005
Innovation Leadership award by The Economist magazine.  This is the man who
Brett claims is "STRANGLING" the hybrid/NiMH battery industry.

http://www.ovonic.com/our_company/1_3_people/people.htm
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ovshinsky.html

Cheers,
Alex Kowalski
'87 5KCSTQ
'86 5KCSTQ