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Honeywell accused Minolta of infringing Honeywell's patents on automatic focusing technology. Honeywell demonstrated its technology for several Japanese companies and sold licenses to a few. Minolta attended but did not purchase a license. In two years, Minolta's Maxxum and Alpha autofocus cameras became worldwide best-sellers and revived a moribund business.

IBM and Fujitsu settled a copyright dispute that began back in 1982. IBM accused Fujitsu of copying the software that controls its mainframe computers. After taking their case to the American Arbitration Association, they gave Fujitsu tightly controlled access to IBM's OS software for 5 to 10 years at a stiff price. In turn IBM has the right to examine Fujitsu's software for violations.