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May 23, 2007
LOCKHEED MARTIN GAINS INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE THAT THE TERM
'PAVEWAY' IS GENERIC
The Turkish Patent Institute recently issued a
decision confirming Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] assertion that the
term “paveway” is a generic name used in describing
laser technology in laser guided bombs.
An application to
register the term “paveway” as a trademark was filed
by the Raytheon Company in Turkey in 2005.
That application was rejected by the Turkish Patent Institute
in March 2007 based on the following findings: the
term “paveway” is not distinctive since it is the
name of technology which uses laser to guide bombs
to a target; it specifies a characteristic of laser
guided bombs; and, therefore, the term may be used
by all manufacturers of the product.
“As a fully qualified
supplier of paveway weapon solutions to the U.S. Air
Force, U.S. Navy and international customers, this decision validates
our position in the global marketplace,” said John Pericci,
Lockheed Martin’s Business Development director at its Archbald, PA,
facility. “This decision follows a similar default judgment
Lockheed Martin received earlier this year in the country
of Oman.”
Lockheed Martin has been a producer
of the paveway II Laser Guided Bombs, paveway II
Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds and paveway II Dual
Mode Laser Guided Bombs for domestic and international customers
since 1992.
Paveway is a generic term, developed by the
Air Force, for a family of laser guided weapon
systems. Lockheed Martin is a fully qualified provider
of paveway laser guided bomb (LGB) kits and has
delivered/and is delivering these systems to the U.S. Air
Force, U.S. Navy and international customers. Lockheed Martin
supports the entire family of paveway weapon systems, including
being the sole source provider of both the paveway
II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB) kit and
the paveway Laser Guided Training round (LGTR).
Headquartered in
Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide
and is principally engaged in the research, design, development,
manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products
and services.
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