Hallwood Subsidiary Brookwood Announce Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit Grants Summary Affirmance in Nextec v. Brookwood

Brookwood Companies, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hallwood Group Incorporated

, announced today that on Monday, November 18th, the United States … Brookwood Companies, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hallwood Group Incorporated (NYSE Amex: HWG), announced today that on Monday, November 18th, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit summarily affirmed the Southern District of New York's ruling that Brookwood did not infringe certain patents belonging to Nextec Applications, Inc. Nextec filed suit against Brookwood in the Southern District of New York (Case No. 07-cv-6901) over six years ago, claiming that Brookwood infringed several patents related to internally-coated webs. Nextec was seeking a permanent injunction and millions of dollars in damages for the alleged willful infringement stemming from the use and manufacture of Brookwood's Agility and Eclipse