In September of 2007, a Delaware District Court jury determined that Andrew willfully infringed a patent held by TruePosition relating to control channel Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (U-TDOA) location technology. Specifically, the jury found infringement with respect to sales of Andrew's Geometrix wireless location system to the Saudi Telephone Company (STC). Andrew, however, continued to ship infringing products to STC after trial.

Accordingly, the court awarded TruePosition an additional $10.1 million in compensatory damages, $9.6 million punitive damages, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, as well as costs and attorneys' fees. This was in addition to a previous award of $23.25 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The court also issued a final permanent injunction order prohibiting Andrew Corporation from making, using, selling or offering to sell the infringing Geometrix products.

Frederic Beckley, executive vice president and general counsel of TruePosition, said: "We are very pleased with the outcome in this case. This decision secures the fact that TruePosition has vital intellectual property surrounding U-TDOA and further establishes TruePosition as the global leader in mission-critical wireless location solutions."

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