BALTIMORE, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In the Altavion, Inc. vs. Konica-Minolta Holdings Inc., et.al., trade secrets dispute in the Superior Court of The State of California County of San Mateo Central Branch Complex Civil Litigation, Invotex® Group damages expert Terry L. Musika, CPA testified on behalf of Defendant Konica-Minolta Holdings, Inc., et. al. that the amount of total damages adequate to compensate for the claimed misappropriation of trade secrets related to digital stamping technology was $1,248,069. The damage expert for the Plaintiff Altavion, Russell Parr, testified that the total amount of damages adequate to compensate for misappropriation of the same trade secrets was $2.3 billion. On July 14, 2011, the Court awarded monetary damages of $1 million to Plaintiff against Defendant Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory Inc., as the equitable value of the misappropriated trade secrets.
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