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KT Terminals wins
court judgment
KT Group, a Hong Kong-based
kiosk manufacturer obtained jury
verdicts in the Southern District of
New York in its nearly 4-year quest
for vindication against NCR Corpo-
ration, a publicly traded Fortune
500 company, with the assistance
of New York-based law firm Gar-
son, Segal, Steinmetz, Fladgate.
The case centred on the
design of the SelfServ 90 or SS90,
NCR’s award-winning flagship card
only self-checkout kiosk which can
be seen in Tesco stores in the UK,
Muji in Japan, Globus in Russia,
SPAR in Europe and airports
across the United States.
The jury found that NCR was
liable for using or disclosing the
mechanical drawings provided by
KT under the presumed blan-
ket of confidence provided by
the non-disclosure agreements
and used it for its own benefit.
Moreover, the jury also found NCR
liable for misappropriating the me-
chanical drawings of KT and in so
doing, GS2Law proved to the jury
that the NCR team, led by Dusty
Lutz, the head of NCR’s retail store
transformation division, acted with
bad faith.
NCR advanced its multiple de-
fences including that the non-dis-
closure agreements permitted
harvesting of information for its
own use, and that standard terms
and conditions in NCR’s purchase
order in its supplier system super-
seded the agreements. GS2Law
demonstrated that the defences
did not hold water. This is a rare
case where a small company has
managed to bring a large corpora-
tion to task over its dishonestly. n
10 KIOSK solutions
KioWare for Chrome OS released
Analytical Design Solutions Inc. (ADSI)
has released a new product to se-
cure the Chrome Operating System.
KioWare for Chrome OS is a kiosk
application used with Chrome OS Kiosk
Mode to secure the Chrome Operating
System and activate additional interac-
tive kiosk features.
Users with the Chrome operating
system activate ‘Chrome Kiosk Mode’
on their device. They then add the
KioWare for Chrome OS kiosk applica-
tion to provide additional features and
security not available using Chrome OS
kiosk mode alone.
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KioWare Lite for Chrome OS fea-
tures include:
Attract screens pop up window
control
Domain/Page list blocking
User session management
Tabbed browsing
File download blocking
Clear private browser data
Custom toolbar skins
KioWare software locks down your
device into a secure interactive kiosk,
now available for Windows, Android, &
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Ultima Displays introduces its most versatile
display stand to date
Modulate, a brand new,
reconfigurable, multi-purpose
range of tubular frames designed
to increase the flexibility of display
stands, is the latest product to be
launched by Ultima Displays.
Combining the best features of
two of Ultima Displays’ most re-
nowned and successful product lines,
Formulate and Modular Vector, Mod-
ulate consists of a set of frames made
from 30mm diameter aluminium
tubes covered with a printed textile
tension graphic connected using pow-
erful magnets inside each frame.
“Modulate is one of the most
versatile and effective solutions on
the market and we are delighted to
expand our offering with this unique
family of products,” said Andy Jakes,
Product Manager at Ultima Displays.
“We are constantly looking for
innovative and original ways to offer
our customers the very best display
solutions in the industry. Formulate
and Modular Vector are two of our
most popular ranges and our new
collection enables our customers
to take advantage of the best
components of both.”
Modulate is characterised by
the lightweight, durable features
of Formulate while maintaining
Modular Vector’s strong visual impact
and versatile, creative designs. The
different Modulate frames can be
reconfigured to create a solution
for any requirement or setting, from
boardrooms to company receptions,
sales outlets to shopping centres, and
exhibition venues to trade shows.
Eleven aluminium tubular
frames in different shapes and
sizes comprise the Modulate
collection. These can be used alone
or combined to create hundreds of
possible configurations. The magnetic
connectors enable each structure
to extend the elevation by an extra
40cm so customers can use the same
frame at two heights.
Each frame comes with a 5-year
hardware warranty, a carry bag with
dedicated slots for feet and graphics.