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Panoram And 3D Perception Settle Patent Dispute Litigation
October 28, 2002 - Los Angeles, CA

After 15 months of litigation, Panoram Technologies, Inc. of Sun Valley, CA - who filed a patent infringement suit against 3D Perception, A.S. of Norway have agreed on a global license agreement for the California company's edge blending technology which allows multiple video projectors to be integrated into extremely high-resolution seamless images.

Although the details of the settlement are undisclosed, Theo Mayer, Panoram's President and CEO, did reveal that the agreement involves a license on a per-channel basis and the acknowledgment of the validity of the Panoram edge-blending patents subject to the terms stated in the license. "In the end, Johan Litleskare, 3D Perception's Chairman, and I sat down without lawyers present and worked out a deal that was acceptable to both parties," said Mayer.

The agreement covers various US, Canadian and European patents as well as other international patents pending and ends the more than a year-long dispute that has been closely watched by the display, simulation, staging and visualization industries.

Panoram has been in licensing discussions and negotiations with a number of companies around the world as the uses of seamless multi-projector displays has expanded from a very limited and obscure flight simulation market to much broader applications including: scientific visualization, geophysical analysis and earth sciences, engineering, virtual prototyping, intelligence imaging and even event-media and entertainment.

Mr. Litleskare, one of the co-founders of 3D Perception commented that, "It is time to end the distractions of this litigation and get back to cooperation and good business." This does indeed seem to be the case as Panoram, in a separate deal, agreed to acquire several sets of 3D Perception's innovative projection theater design software known as Compact Designer®. "This software from 3D Perception is truly innovative and elegant. It will help us with the design of display systems and facility installations for our customers," said Mayer. "We want to find ways to cooperate and leverage one another's innovations and strength to expand the business and application of multi-projector displays," he concluded.