EUGENE, Ore., Nov 06, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE)

Datalogic Scanning, Inc. announces that in August 2008 it commenced a lawsuit against Metrologic Instruments, Inc., a subsidiary of Honeywell International, in the United States District Courtfor the District of Oregon located in Eugene, Oregon, in which Datalogic alleges that Metrologic misappropriated trade secrets belonging to Datalogic. Datalogic's lawsuit follows a patent infringement suit filed against Metrologic in the U.S. just over two years ago, and a related patent infringement suit filed in Germany.

Datalogic's trade secret lawsuit alleges that Metrologic wrongfully and knowingly possessed and used confidential information, belonging to Datalogic, relating to costs, andmargins, as well as competitive positioning andsensitive information respecting customersfor bioptic, single plane, and other classes of scannerssold byDatalogic. Datalogic alleges that having access to this valuable information, obtained through an individual formerly employed withinDatalogic's corporate familyand then subsequently Metrologic's, gave Metrologic an unfair advantage in developing, pricing, and positioning its competitive products.

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