US judge finds in favour of Kapsch in legal action on tolling products

Kapsch TrafficCom North America is pleased to report that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has ruled in its favour in a legal action brought by Neology, seeking to prevent Kapsch from importing certain electronic tolling products using the ISO/IEC 18000-6C communications protocol (6C Standard).
June 26, 2017 Read time: 2 mins

4984 Kapsch TrafficCom North America is pleased to report that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has ruled in its favour in a legal action brought by Neology, seeking to prevent Kapsch from importing certain electronic tolling products using the ISO/IEC 18000-6C communications protocol (6C Standard).

Kapsch believes that the 6C Standard is a truly open communications protocol, and the ITC’s initial determination in this case supports this position, stating that the patents asserted by Neology are invalid.

Chris Murray, president and CEO of Kapsch TrafficCom North America, says of the decision, “Kapsch will continue to advocate for open-communication and RFID standards. This is to the good of the consumers and the entire economy as it facilitates national electronic tolling interoperability.”

Kapsch has been a strong proponent of open standards and interoperability within the electronic tolling solutions industry and market. Open standard communication protocols are critical to meeting the goals of the US Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), enacted in 2012, which mandates national agreement on tolling technologies and business practices to facilitate national electronic tolling interoperability. In support of this, Kapsch released and published its Open Standard Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) specification to the public in 2013, enabling open and free access to developers seeking to work with and implement the highly reliable and thoroughly tested TDM specification. The TDM protocol is currently utilised by the E-ZPass® Group, the largest interoperable tolling network in the country.

Charging, Tolling & RUC

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Minnesota DOT upgrades MnPass toll technology
    March 4, 2016
    The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is upgrading its high occupancy vehicle express lane equipment to enhance access to the lanes and to prepare for interoperability requirements that go into effect in October 2015. The Minnesota MnPASS system that provides a congestion-free travel option during peak-drive times on highways with high levels of congestion. MnPASS Express Lanes give all commuters a reliable travel choice that saves them time, increases a highway’s capacity to move more peop
    Read More
  • Kapsch presents WIM solution at ITS Europe
    June 5, 2013
    This year’s ITS Europe conference saw the launch of a new weigh in motion (WIM) system from Kapsch TrafficCom. The innovative solution allows vehicles to be weighed whilst on the move, helping to control the number of overloaded heavy vehicles on the roads, increasing road safety, reducing wear and tear and lowering emissions. The solution uses a number of sensors to detect whether the vehicle exceeds the permitted weight along with a number of other enforcement functions. The sensors identify the vehicle b
    Read More
  • Creative finance enables parking progress in LA
    March 15, 2016
    David Crawford investigates an innovative public/private partnership. Los Angeles entered the second decade of the 21st century facing major challenges to its parking operations. With a population of 3.8 million, and its car-oriented culture still predominant, the city's parking meters were technically outdated - with most only accepting coins and many regularly out of service - resulting in a substantial loss of revenue. This coincided with a number of Californian cities looking to parking income to boost
    Read More
  • Uber’s Plouffe delivers closing keynote speech at ITS America annual meeting
    May 1, 2015
    David Plouffe, Senior Vice President for Policy and Strategy at Uber Technologies, and widely referred to as the architect of President Barack Obama’s two presidential campaign victories, will deliver the closing keynote speech at the ITS America 25th Annual Meeting and Exposition on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
    Read More

Highlighted Content