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The article discusses a court case wherein charges of inadmissible copying of microcodes have been denied in Germany. It notes that the intention of the defendant to develop machine instruction sets which were compatible to the microcontrollers of the plaintiff has resulted in the similarity of the microprograms of both parties. It mentions that the production of control signals of the microcodes were identical.

Smart card chip manufacturer NXP has announced that its secure contactless microcontroller chip – SmartMX – has been selected for future electronic transport ticketing schemes in Germany. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]