A Wisconsin judge told Garmin Ltd. that the company can't proceed with its patent-infringement claims against chief rival TomTom NV. Judge Barbara Crabb made the ruling in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Tuesday, Garmin said in a release Thursday. The decision follows a string of legal counterclaims between Olathe-based Garmin and TomTom, based in the Netherlands. In her ruling, Crabb said Garmin could not go forward with several of its remaining patent-infringement claims against TomTom. She reiterated her previous ruling that Garmin had not infringed on any of TomTom's patents, the release said. The case started in February 2006, when Garmin filed a lawsuit alleging that TomTom had infringed on five of Garmin's navigation-related patents. TomTom then filed a countersuit and alleged that Garmin had infringed on three patents TomTom acquired in 2006, Garmin said.

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