Motorola reaches deal over ITT patent suit

ITT Corp., the maker of night-vision goggles for the military, said it reached a settlement of patent-infringement claims it filed against Motorola Inc. over assisted-global position system technology.

Financial details weren't disclosed, White Plains, New York-based ITT said today in a statement.

Motorola, the communications-equipment maker that's splitting in two, was among a group of mobile-phone companies sued last year by ITT. The patent is for a GPS system that can transmit position information to mobile receivers from Earth- orbiting satellites in urban areas with line-of-sight obstructions.

ITT announced a settlement with Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, in March. Cases against other companies are pending, ITT said.

The case is ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. v. Cellco Partnership (d/b/a/ Verizon Wireless) 09CV190, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).