Protus Wins Patent Lawsuit brought by j2 Global Communications
Affiliate
Case involving five Catch Curve patents dismissed
OTTAWA (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) December 12, 2007 --
Fast growing Canadian technology company Protus
IP Solutions was victorious in a patent suit pending for the past
two years in the Central District of California. U.S. District Court
Judge Dean Pregerson issued an order on November 13, 2007 dismissing the
case against Protus, with prejudice (meaning the patents cannot be
reasserted against Protus).
The plaintiff (Catch Curve, Inc.), a patent holding company affiliated
with Protus’ competitor j2 Global
Communications -- had accused Protus’ popular
Internet fax services (MyFax
and Virtual Fax) of infringing five Catch Curve patents.
“At the Markman hearing in May the court held
that the patents do not apply to Protus’ MyFax
and Virtual Fax services,” said Andrea
Girones, General Counsel at Protus. “We are
pleased that the case was dismissed. This is a clear victory for Protus
and MyFax.”
The case was closely followed by technology and communications companies
because Catch Curve had, prior to targeting Protus, licensed the patents
to more than 30 companies. Protus was the first company to challenge
these patents in the courts and was rewarded by a decisive victory.
“We are confident in our technology and
intellectual property,” said Joseph Nour,
Protus’ Chief Executive Officer. “We
have developed a significant portfolio of ‘prior
art’ which challenges the validity of many of
the patents in this space. Our customers can confidently rely on MyFax
for all of their faxing needs.”
Often, rather than incurring the high costs of defending U.S. patent
cases in court, companies will opt to pay a settlement amount short of
trial, even when the merits appear to be strongly in their favor. But
Protus, in consultation with its U.S. patent counsel at Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, decided to defend against plaintiff’s
allegations in court and was rewarded with a clear win.
About Protus IP Solutions
Protus™ IP Solutions - a high-growth
application service provider - offers value-added Internet
fax communication and voice messaging services to businesses around
the world. Since Protus was established more than 10 years ago,
customers within the finance, insurance, real estate, pharmaceutical and
retail industries have trusted their outsourced communication needs to
our reliable service. Online Internet fax services targeting Personal,
Small Business and Corporate users are sold under the brand name MyFax.
Protus solutions are sold both directly and through a network of
worldwide partners, including major service providers. Additional
information is available at www.protus.com
or www.myfax.com.
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