Garmin violates Navico patents

http://www.thestreet.com/story/13384863/1/garmin-violates-navico-patents-required-to-stop-import-and-sale-of-downvu-products.html

I've been thinking that this was going to be a very nice FF
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-water/fishfindergpscombos/echomap-chirp-44dv/prod529866.html
But, it looks like it would be affected by this patent issue...

  Yup.  I don't think they were the first company to do so, either.

Raymarine and Navico dispute resolved
March 2014
Navico Inc. and Navico Holding AS, and Raymarine Inc, are pleased to announce that they have resolved their disputes through a license to Navico's patented DownScan sonar technologies. Raymarine and Navico have mutually agreed to dismiss all patent litigations and disputes between them. The terms of the patent license and resolution are confidential.
ENDS