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 Online Gambling
Firms Unaware of
Lawsuits
Gambling911.com's
report Monday that a
number of online
gambling
establishments had
been
named
in complaints filed
in a Louis Federal
Court
caught some off
guard. BetCRIS
had no idea they
were parties in the
action.
"This
is the first I am
hearing about this,"
an executive from
BetCRIS told
Gambling911 late
Monday.
On
April 25, 2008 a
lawsuit was filed
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
claim was brought on
behalf of First
Technology, the same
complainant who
successfully
obtained the
Bodog.com domain
names in another
court.
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.
This
action introduces a
new legal partner of
1st Technology --
Simon Passanate PC:
a major U.S. law
firm based in St.
Louis, Missouri,
with a strong track
record of enforcing
IP and other types
of civil litigation.
"Our
initial goal here,
as in all of our
cases, is to reach
swift and fair
settlements that
respect our
intellectual
property rights for
companies with U.S.
facing operations
and utilize our
patents," Scott
Lewis, Proprietor of
1st Technology told
Gambling911.com in a
written statement.
"As in past
instances, if we are
unable to reach a
swift resolution of
the dispute, we move
forward quickly and
apply all of our
resources to enforce
all of our U.S.
legal rights and
avenues to protect
our American
intellectual
property."
In
the past, 1st
Technology has
settled its
differences with
Sportingbet PLC and
other online
gambling firms.
It was unclear at
press time how those
companies named in
the latest complaint
would proceed.
Bodog continues to
ignore the matter
against them,
claiming they were
never properly
served.
However, that
organization was
forced to acquire a
new domain name (BodogLife.com)
after all of its
Bodog.com related
URLs had been
abruptly cut off
last year.
-----
Christopher
Costigan,
Gambling911.com
Publisher
CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com
Originally published
May 6, 2008 7:52 am
EST
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