Northrop Grumman Corp.

Washington, DC: (Sep-10-07) Cogent Inc. brought a lawsuit against Northrop Grumman Corp., alleging that the military supplier misappropriated Cogent's automated fingerprint identification technology. In 2005, Cogent claimed that Northrop misappropriated its proprietary technology for use on the IDENT 1 contract with the British Police Information Technology Organization, and its successor the National Policing Improvement Agency. As part of a settlement agreement reached, Northrop Grumman Corp. agreed to pay Cogent Inc. $40 million to settle the lawsuit. Under the terms of the agreement, Northrop said it would pay Cogent $25 million to settle the litigation and $15 million for a non-exclusive license to use the automated fingerprint identification software. [CNN NEWS: FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY]

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Published on Sep-12-07