Adobe Systems yesterday announced that it has settled its
copyright dispute with Trio Systems. Earlier this week, Trio
Systems won a court order which required Adobe to remove from the
marketplace all unsold copies of its InDesign software.
The settlement resolves Trio's claims that the software breached
the terms of a licence between the companies and Adobe's
counter-claims of fraud and copyright misuse. Adobe will continue
to include the disputed Trio software in its own products but any
sum paid to Trio by Adobe remained confidential. The court order
will be dissolved.
Adobe said in a statement that it is “very pleased with the
result, and expects no material impact from it to the Company's
financial results.” Adobe’s senior lawyer said: “This is a
situation that never belonged in court. We are pleased that we were
able to resolve it on a more informal basis.”
