Catch Curve Announces License with GFI Software and Patent Infringement Lawsuits against GoDaddy and TOPCALL.ATLANTA -- Catch Curve, Inc., an intellectual property development and licensing firm, today announced that GFI Software, Ltd. has taken a license to the AudioFAX[TM] patent portfolio. Under the license agreement, GFI has obtained a non-exclusive license to use the AudioFAX technology. Specific terms of the license agreements were not disclosed. Catch Curve also announced today that is has filed separate patent infringement lawsuits under the AudioFAX patent portfolio against GoDaddy.com, Inc. and TOPCALL Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. Group plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : DCM.L)). The suits were both 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 . Catch Curve is seeking monetary damages for past infringement and an injunction to prohibit GoDaddy and TOPCALL from continuing to infringe against the AudioFAX patents. The AudioFAX patents cover a broad range of inventions that incorporate fax store-and-forward technologies. These technologies are used in products and services such as fax-to-email, fax broadcasting, fax-on-demand and "real-time" fax over the Internet. Since its inception, the AudioFAX Patent Licensing Program has licensed this technology to more than 45 companies, including AT&T, 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. , Cisco, Sprint, WorldCom, 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. , Cable & Wireless, 3Com, 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. , Mitel, Captaris, Intervoice, LogicaCMG, Siemens, Premiere Global Services (formerly PTEK PTEK Parents and Teachers of Explosive Kids ), Glenayre, and Interactive Intelligence, among others. Companies interested in a license to the AudioFAX patents may contact Michael McLaughlin or Ryan Strong of IPinvestments Group at 404-962-8740, or via email at mmclaughlin@ipinvestmentsgroup.com and rstrong@ipinvestmentsgroup.com. About Catch Curve Catch Curve, Inc. is an intellectual property development and licensing company focused on communications and messaging technologies based in Atlanta, Georgia. AudioFAX is a trademark of Catch Curve, Inc. |
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