Hexagon Metrology Wins Intellectual Property Suit

Hexagon Metrology of London, a provider of portable measuring systems, handheld instruments and metrology software licenses, has won a suit against Xspect Solutions Inc., Wenzel Group GmbH & Co. KG, Wenzel Prazision GmbH and Wenzel Metromec AG for the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets of its PC-DMIS inspection and measurement software. The US District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan issued an injunction against the parties, prohibiting them from using or releasing information regarding the product, which is a development of Wilcox Associates Inc., a division of Hexagon.