King Controls Sues KVH for Patent Infringement

King Controls Sues KVH for Patent Infringement 


MINNEAPOLIS, May 27  /PRNewswire/ -- King Controls, a leading manufacturer of
mobile satellite antennae systems for land and marine markets, today filed a
patent suit against KVH Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KVHI) in Minnesota Federal
District Court for infringing on three patents covering satellite locator
systems for vehicles.

U.S. Patent Nos. 6,538,612; 6,710,749; and 6,864,846 are owned by King Controls
and are directed to methods and devices for automatically locating and tracking
satellites for receiving direct broadcast satellite transmissions.  In the
lawsuit, King Controls seeks to stop KVH from infringing on its patents through
the sale of its TracVision(R) products. King Controls is seeking injunctive
relief in addition to monetary damages, costs, and attorneys' fees.

KVH's TracVision(R) products utilize the inventions of the patents named in the
suit to allow users to switch from one satellite to another when using expanded
broadcast satellite services such as DISH 500 and DIRECTV multi- satellite
services.

Given the presently known facts, King Controls is confident that it will
prevail in demonstrating infringement by KVH and expects to receive a sizable
damage award from KVH for its past infringing activities.

About King Controls

King Controls ( http://www.kingcontrols.com/ ) is a privately held company
based in Bloomington, Minnesota.  It is a leading manufacturer of mobile
satellite antenna systems for the land and marine markets, including King-Dome
Mobile Satellite Television Systems for boats, trucks and RVs.  King-Dome
systems are dome-covered satellite systems that allow people to enjoy the same
clear, vivid, digital pictures in mobile applications that they enjoy in their
homes. 

DATASOURCE: King Controls



CONTACT:  Randall Skaar, [phone],  , or Tracy

Dann, [phone],  , both for King Controls



Web site:  http://www.kingcontrols.com/ 

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