Garmin Ltd. has received a decision from the District Court in The Hague, Netherlands that denies the preliminary injunction sought by TomTom International B.V. in preliminary relief proceedings alleging infringement by Garmin of a European-registered design owned by TomTom. The court also ordered TomTom to pay Garmin €37,000 to cover attorney fees for defending the preliminary relief proceedings.

Garmin's lawsuit against TomTom for infringement of five Garmin patents is proceeding in the U.S. District Court in Wisconsin and the trial is scheduled for February 2007. Garmin has also recently filed a lawsuit against TomTom in U.S. District Court in Texas for infringement of a sixth Garmin patent. After the Wisconsin lawsuit was filed, TomTom, which does not hold any U.S. patents for technology it developed itself, purchased three U.S. patents from Horizon Navigation, Inc. and then asserted these patents in a counterclaim in the Wisconsin lawsuit.

Garmin has also filed a lawsuit against TomTom in the Netherlands seeking a declaration of non-infringement of the European registered design that was asserted by TomTom in the preliminary relief proceedings. In addition, Garmin has filed a lawsuit against TomTom in the United Kingdom to invalidate a UK patent owned by TomTom.