Auction Management Solutions, Inc. Sues to Stop Patent Infringement.TAMPA, Fla. -- Auction Management Solutions, Inc., creator of the OnLine Ringman(SM) auction integration system, today filed a patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. lawsuit against automobile auction giant Manheim Auctions Manheim Automotive Services is the largest and highest volume wholesale automobile auction company in the world. As a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Manheim provides services including financing, title work, transportation, recovery, auto body repair, dealership management , Inc. of Atlanta, Ga. and Canadian corporation Live Global Communications of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River 71 km (45 miles) west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. . The action, which asks for a preliminary injunction A temporary order made by a court at the request of one party that prevents the other party from pursuing a particular course of conduct until the conclusion of a trial on the merits. A preliminary injunction is regarded as extraordinary relief. against the two companies, was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia serves the residents of forty-six counties. These are divided up into four districts. The Atlanta district includes: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Internet Coffe Phone, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and in Atlanta. The publicly available litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. papers and a link to AMS's U.S. Patent can be found at http://www.auctionsolutions.com/innovations.shtm. The lawsuit alleges infringement of AMS AMS - Andrew Message System Patent No. 6,813,612. Entitled "Remote Bidding Supplement for Traditional Live Auctions," the patent makes certain aspects of the system and process of integrating a live auction audience with a remote auction audience proprietary, meaning they cannot be improperly imitated. The patent won approval in November 2004. AMS President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Nancy J. Rabenold said that the granting of the patent recognized the groundbreaking work done by her company. "Our patented technology has revolutionized the remarketing industry by allowing a remote audience to be integrated with a live auction without putting either kind of bidder at a disadvantage," she said. The lawsuits against Manheim and Live Global Communications contend that the two companies are using systems that appear to be strikingly similar to AMS's OnLine Ringman(SM), Rabenold said. She said that her company bore the research and development costs for the system and will not allow others to unfairly profit from AMS's innovations. Auction Management Solutions created these processes through the 1990s. In 1999, AMS introduced its OnLine Ringman(SM)product to the automotive auction industry. After overcoming initial industry skepticism, the system quickly showed it would produce higher average prices for automobiles. Major auction houses - including Manheim - soon adopted the new AMS system. After successfully using the AMS product for some time, Manheim switched to its own integration system, known as Simulcast, and discontinued using OnLine Ringman(SM). According to its website, Manheim is the single largest owner and operator of automotive auction houses in the world. Others, including Live Global Communications, have also entered this growing market sub-segment. While Manheim is an auction house owner, Live Global Communications is a vendor of auction integration systems to auction houses. Its integration system is known commercially as Live Global Bid. |
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