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Gambling Companies
Named in Newly Filed
Patent Infringement
Cases
On
April 25, 2008 a
lawsuit was filed in
a St. Louis federal
court against seven
online-gaming
companies alleging
infringement of U.S.
Patent No.
5,564,001, titled
“Method and System
for Interactively
Transmitting
Information Over A
Network Which
Requires Reduced
Bandwidth.”
The suit was filed
in the United States
District Court for
the Eastern District
of Missouri on
behalf of Las
Vegas-based 1st
Technology Inc.,
alleging the ’001
patent has been and
continues to be
infringed by the
defendants.
The defendants
include four Costa
Rican companies:
Digital Gaming
Solutions SA, Costa
Rica International
Sports, Action Poker
Gaming Enterprises
and SBG Global; two
Norwegian companies:
Playsafe Holding AS
and eCom
Enterprises; and
Digital Gaming
Network, Ltd., which
is based in Curacao.
The plaintiff seeks
the enjoinment of
further patent
infringement, treble
damages and the
impoundment and
destruction of all
infringing products.
The suit was filed
by Anthony G. Simon
and Timothy E.
Grochocinski with
the Simon Passanante
law firm.
Simon noted that
“1st Technology is a
leading technology
licensing company
that invests
considerable
resources in
developing its
intellectual
property and is
dedicated to
protecting and
enforcing the same.”
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Gambling911.com News
Wire
Originally published
May 5, 2008 3:30 pm
EST
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