Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. In a suit filed in Connecticut federal court, Dictaphone has charged the Israeli firm and its New Jersey-based subsidiary, Nice Systems Inc., of infringing two of its patents covering digital loggers.
Digital loggers can record multiple channels of communications at once.
Dictaphone alleges that four Nice Systems digital logging products infringe on its patents covering storage, processing and retrieval of digitally recorded communications. As a result, the companies have undertaken significant research and development efforts to meet the current and anticipated needs of these markets. We employ the patent system to protect the substantial investments we make in these research and development efforts. The suit was announced after markets closed Wednesday. In mid-day trading Thursday LHSP was down 1.75, or almost 4 percent, at 44.