The companies said they reached "mutually satisfactory terms," though they didn't disclose details. The suits were filed between May 1998 and June 1999. Xerox and Hewlett-Packard declined to comment further.
Xerox has been expanding its lines of low- and mid-priced printers since 1997 to compete with Hewlett-Packard, as more companies link office equipment to computer networks and consumers buy more printers. Hewlett-Packard, meanwhile, has tried to dent Xerox's dominance of the copier market.
Xerox's complaints related to Hewlett-Packard products that use inkjet, color balancing and resolution-enhancement technology. Hewlett-Packard, based in Palo Alto, Calif., filed complaints against Xerox products that use touch-screen, inkjet and image- enhancement technology.
In January 1999, Hewlett-Packard settled another lawsuit it had filed against Xerox that claimed the copier maker violated trademarks on toner cartridge packaging.
The companies said in a statement that they will focus on competing with each other in the marketplace rather than in the courts."
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