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On June 20, 2005, Green Hills Software and Wind River Systems
announced that they entered into a settlement resolving all outstanding
litigation between the companies.
The following table summarizes the key issues in the companies’ lawsuits
and their resolution. For more details, you can download a complete copy
of the settlement
agreement, Green
Hills Software lawsuit against Wind River and Wind
River lawsuit against Green Hills Software.
| Claim |
Resolution |
| Breach: Wind River sued
Green Hills Software claiming that Green Hills Software had breached
the 1992 and 1993 agreement and was no longer entitled to receive
VxWorks |
The 1992 and 1993 agreements are still in place and
Wind River will provide Green Hills Software with VxWorks |
| Access to INTEGRITY: Wind
River claimed it was entitled to Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY
operating system |
Wind River abandoned its demand |
| Antitrust: Green Hills
Software sued Wind River for antitrust violations based on Wind River’s
failure to provide VxWorks to Green Hills Software |
Wind River will provide Green Hills Software with
VxWorks |
| False advertising: Green
Hills Software sued Wind River for false advertising for its claim
to have “the first and only cross-platform IDE to support VxWorks,
Linux, and in-house proprietary operating systems,” despite
the fact that Green Hills Software provided such a solution years
before Wind River |
Wind River has stopped making this claim |
| Trademark infringement: Green
Hills Software sued Wind River for infringing Green Hills Software’s
MULTI trademark because Wind River was using the term “Multi
X” in conjunction with its debugger product |
Wind River has agreed to stop using the term Multi-X |
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