Honeywell ending fight over handheld scanners

A Fort Mill industrial conglomerate and a former Charleston startup have settled a year-long legal fight over barcode scanning technology. Honeywell says it’s dropping its patent infringement claims against Code Corp. after dragging the company to federal court. Code will pay a “significant lump sum” to resolve the dispute. The settlement agreement also requires Code to redesign some of its scanners and pay annual royalties for some of Honeywell’s patents.