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 - News) 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® products. King Controls is seeking injunctive relief in addition to monetary damages, costs, and attorneys' fees.

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