BackWeb Adds Symantec Corporation as Defendant in Its Patent Infringement Lawsuit.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- BackWeb Technologies Ltd. (Pink Sheets: BWEBF or BWEBF.PK) announced today that it has amended the 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 it filed on March 20, 2009 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 San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] , to include Symantec Corporation as an additional defendant in the action BackWeb initially filed against Microsoft and subsequently against Sybase Inc. and its subsidiary iAnywhere. BackWeb is seeking damages, an injunction and a declaration by the Court that Symantec's software products infringe BackWeb's patents. BackWeb alleges the Symantec Altiris product infringes three U.S. patents owned by BackWeb covering methods for transmitting information between a remote network and a local computer. The lawsuit against Microsoft alleged infringement of the same three patents, as well as a fourth BackWeb patent. The Symantec Altiris product is used by companies for centrally managing IT infrastructures. Bill Heye, 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. of BackWeb, commented, "As we have stated previously, BackWeb has developed significant communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry and intellectual property since our founding in 1995, and we are pursuing these companies that we believe are infringing our technology." BackWeb is being represented in this matter by Hosie Rice LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol (www.hosielaw.com), a San Francisco law firm that focuses on intellectual property 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. . A copy of the amended complaint amended complaint n. what results when the party suing (plaintiff or petitioner) changes the complaint he/she has filed. It must be in writing, and can be done before the complaint is served on any defendant, by agreement between the parties (usually their lawyers), , which contains more details on the patents, is available in the news section of the BackWeb web site at http://www.backweb.com/news-events/. To be added to BackWeb's e-mail news distribution, please send a request to bwebf@backweb.com. About BackWeb: BackWeb([R]) Technologies Ltd. (www.backweb.com) has developed a range of communications technologies and solutions enabling enterprise digital distribution of important information and digital assets. BackWeb's patented web and polite synchronization technologies enable scalable and economical delivery of large numbers of messages and quantities of data to many recipients - both online and offline. BackWeb's operations are based in San Jose, CA and Rosh Ha 'ayin, Israel. BackWeb has approximately 41.3 million shares outstanding. [c] 2009 BackWeb Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. BackWeb is a registered trademark. Symantec and Altiris are trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Statements in this news release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements of beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, comments concerning BackWeb's patents and alleged infringements thereof. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include but are not limited to the uncertainties related to, and findings of, the legal process associated with such allegations. BackWeb assumes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements in this release. |
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