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HUNTSVILLE, AL.- Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR), a leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software, today announced a patent license agreement between Intergraph's intellectual property subsidiary and Acer Incorporated. Under the terms of the agreement, Acer will make a one-time, fully-paid royalty payment of $7.5 million based upon a 1% royalty on applicable product revenues. Intergraph expects to record after-tax intellectual property income from this agreement of approximately $4.3 million, net of all fees, expenses and estimated taxes, in the second quarter of 2006. As a result of the patent license agreement, Acer will obtain a fully paid-up worldwide license to Intergraph’s Clipper patents, and Intergraph will obtain an option to license certain Acer patents on royalty-bearing terms. "We are pleased to have reached a licensing agreement with Acer," said R. Halsey Wise, President & Chief Executive Officer of Intergraph Corporation. "The Acer license
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