Symbol was among a group of companies that was sued in March by Proxim, a competitor in the wireless networking business. Others were 3Com Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Intersil Holding Corp., SMC Corp. and Wayport for alleged infringement. Symbol said in its latest court filing that the allegations have no merit. But, the company said, it sought to have the court force Intersil to be made a part of the lawsuit by Proxim. The company said it buys chips from Intersil for its local area network gear, that Proxim proves infringement by Symbol products as a result of using Intersil products, and that Intersil should indemnify Symbol.
Symbol makes systems for bar code scanning in retail and industrial and commercial uses.
It also sells wireless systems for tracking inventory in industry and other commercial operations. Produced by Newsday Electronic Publishing.