AudioFAX Files Suit Against JFAX.COM for Patent Infringement.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1999-- The following is an announcement by AudioFAX IP LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control : AudioFAX IP LLC ("AudioFAX") announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. in Atlanta against JFAX.COM, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : JFAX) for patent infringement. The suit asserts that JFAX of Los Angeles, CA is infringing certain patents owned by AudioFAX as a result of JFAX's sale of enhanced facsimile products. The suit requests treble damages and a preliminary and permanent injunction. AudioFAX is the owner of numerous U.S. and Canadian Patents that cover products and services which incorporate fax store-and-forward technologies. Many of the technologies are used daily by millions and include products and services such as fax mail, enhanced fax store and forward, fax broadcasting, and "real-time" fax store and forward over the internet. On Wednesday, AudioFAX announced that it has entered into a license agreement with AT&T for AT&T's use of AudioFAX's patented technology. So far, AT&T is the largest telecommunications company to receive a license under the AudioFAX patents. Other AudioFAX licensees include MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Telecommunications, Cable & Wireless, FaxNet Corporation, Omtool Ltd., Premiere Technologies, Boston Technology, Delrina Corporation, Digital Sound Corporation, FaxSav, Inc. (now known as NetMoves), NetCentric Corporation, SmarTalk Teleservices, UNIFI UNIFI Università Degli Studi Di Firenze (University of Florence, Italy) UNIFI Universal Financial Industry Message Scheme (business modeling methodology and XML syntax) Communications, VoiceCom Systems and Xpedite. AudioFAX IP LLC was established to license and administrate its telecommunications patents. The company was created as a spin-off from AudioFAX, Inc., an Atlanta-based company founded in 1987, which is credited with pioneering many of the technologies now used in the enhanced fax industry. The AudioFAX team includes the consulting firm of TDRC TDRC Toronto Disaster Relief Committee TDRC Time-Domain Raised Cosine TDRC Temperature Differential Recorder Controller , Inc. ("TDRC"), the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP (licensing and 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. counsel) and Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice (patent counsel). Companies interested in obtaining a license to the AudioFAX patents may contact David Kennedy of TDRC at 404-253-7900 or dkennedy@tdrc.com. |
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