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Nomaï, S.A. was a computer storage products manufacturer, based in Avranches, France. It was founded in 1992 and acquired by Iomega in 1998. The company was listed on the Paris Bourse with symbol NOMF.PA. Many companies including EMTEC, Maxell, Memorex, Letraset, Fujifilm, BASF, Verbatim, and Lexmark sold products manufactured by Nomaï under OEM and distribution agreements. The company had three subsidiaries, a research and design facility in Scotland, a factory in Albi, France and a sales office in the United States.〔(Lawsuit: Iomega and Nomai Settle Litigation... )〕 == Iomega lawsuits == * In 1997, Iomega filed suit against Nomaï for patent infringement and related issues concerning Nomaï's XHD 100 (Zip-compatible) floppy. A Paris court issued an injunction against Nomaï for making the product too similar in appearance to Iomega's Zip;〔Festa Paul, ("Nomai ships super floppy amid legal wrangling" ), CNET News, 12 September 1997, Retrieved 2 June 2015〕 * That injunction ended in September 1997 and Nomaï responded by completing the acquisition of RPS Media (which included a . floppy disk manufacturing plant in Albi, France).〔(Nomai Acquires a High Capacity Floppy Disk Facility )〕 This factory was expected to greatly increase the production of the XHD media; * There were several other lawsuits filed by Iomega in the second half of 1997 in France, Germany and the U.S;〔(French Appellate Court Lifts Preliminary Injunction... )〕 * The lawsuits were only resolved in July 1998 〔(Lawsuit: Iomega and Nomai Settle Litigation... )〕 when Iomega purchased a majority of Nomaï stock as well as the specific technology used to produce XHD and DUO media; * Iomega closed the Avranches factory in 1999 after getting into financial difficulty.〔(Zip's profitability drive )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nomaï」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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