Goss, manroland Resolve Lawsuit

In other legal news, manroland and Goss International resolved patent infringement litigation this week involving web offset press sleeve blanket technology.

Neither would disclose terms of the agreement, saying only that the resolution was in the best interest of their companies and customers, and allows them to offer their full press portfolios to the worldwide marketplace.

The patent litigation was initiated in 2003 and alleged that the manroland ROTOMAN S press infringed three U.S. patents held by Goss International for sleeve blanket technology used in its Sunday web offset press models.