Catch Curve Acquires AudioFAX and E-Mate Patent Portfolios.ATLANTA -- Catch Curve, Inc., an intellectual property development and licensing company based in Atlanta, today announced that it has acquired the AudioFAX and E-mate patent portfolios. The AudioFAX portfolio, which has been the center of an active licensing program since 1997, covers a range of inventions that incorporate fax store-and-forward technologies. The E-mate portfolio covers use of an adapter to turn faxes into electronic files and deliver them by email, without the sender needing a computer. Together, these portfolios consist of nine issued U.S. patents, four issued foreign patents and eight pending U.S. and foreign applications. The AudioFAX patent portfolio consists of over 400 issued claims. It has been validated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office through two separate re-examination proceedings. To date, over 30 companies have licensed the AudioFAX technology, including 3Com, AT&T, Cable & Wireless, Captaris, Cisco Systems, Interactive Intelligence, Intervoice, j2 Global Communications j2 Global Communications (Nasdaq:JCOM) is a company based in Hollywood, California that offers messaging and communications services. Its most popular service is called "eFax", which allows users to send and receive faxes via the Internet. j2 was previously called JFAX. , 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. , Mitel, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Premiere Technologies (PTEK PTEK Parents and Teachers of Explosive Kids ), Siemens and Sprint. Catch Curve has engaged IPAC IPAC Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (NASA Caltech/JPL) IPAC Institute of Public Administration of Canada IPAC Intra-Governmental Payment and Collection System IPAC International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control to continue to act as licensing agent for the AudioFAX portfolio. IPAC, an intellectual property licensing, investment and asset management company based in Atlanta, has administered the AudioFAX licensing program since its inception. Companies interested in acquiring or licensing the AudioFAX and/or E-mate patents may contact David Kennedy or Michael McLaughlin of IPAC at 404-874-0026 or dkennedy@ipassetcorp.com and mmclaughlin@ipassetcorp.com. About Catch Curve Catch Curve, Inc. is an intellectual property development and licensing company based in Atlanta, Ga. AudioFAX and E-mate are trademarks of Catch Curve, Inc. |
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