Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with Kraft (KFT)
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Keurig, Incorporated, has entered into a Settlement and License Agreement to completely settle its patent litigation with Kraft Foods Inc., Kraft Foods Global, Inc., and Tassimo Corporation (collectively "Kraft"). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement and License Agreement, Kraft will pay to Keurig a lump sum of $17,000,000 and Keurig has granted to Kraft and its affiliates a limited, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, fully paid up license of Keurig's United States Patents Numbered 6,607,762 (the "762 Patent") and 7,377,162 (the "162 Patent"), and United States and foreign counterpart patents connected to the 762 Patent or 162 Patent, for use in connection with the manufacture, distribution and sale of beverage brewing machines and certain beverage filter cartridges.
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