Thanks, Laurie. It's interesting to see that they themselves own over 1,000 patents. That means they know what a patent is, and how much it could be worth. Maybe that's why they settled before the ITC verdict is out. See also http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datalogic&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddatalogic%2Bspa%2Bwiki%26client%3Dsafari%26hl%3Den This is a long-established Italian company with a strong reputation and recognition in its niche.