Comdata Announces Trial Victory Against Barry Fiala Inc.BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Comdata([R]) Corporation, a leader in electronic payment solutions for the transportation, retail, restaurant and hospitality industries, announced today that a jury rendered a verdict in favor of Comdata's Stored Value Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Comdata Corporation, in 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. suit brought by Barry Fiala Inc. After a three week trial in the Western District of Tennessee before Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr., on November 3, 2006, the 10-member jury returned a verdict finding that Comdata did not infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,918,909 owned by Barry Fiala Inc. In addition, the jury found that the asserted claims of the patent invalid for obviousness, found that patent is invalid for failure to name all of the inventors, and that the patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct before the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property . "Comdata is delighted with this victory," said Gary Krow, President of Comdata. Christie Laird, Comdata's Vice President and Associate Counsel for 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. added that "With this jury verdict in hand, Comdata looks forward to continuing its work with customers and vendors to provide the best and most innovative gift card solutions." Comdata's Stored Value Solutions division is located in Louisville, KY. Comdata serves more than 300 customers with gift card solutions: card production and management, transaction processing, and loyalty programs. Comdata was represented by Kaye Scholer LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol of Washington, DC and Glankler Brown, PLLC PLLC Professional Limited Liability Company PLLC Polk Life and Learning Center (Bartow, FL) PLLC Partners of Limited Liability Corporation of Memphis, Tennessee. About Comdata Corporation Comdata[R] Corporation (www.comdata.com) is redefining the movement of money and information through innovative payment solutions. Comdata provides custom solutions for a wide range of industries such as transportation, retail, government services, aviation, construction, service businesses, restaurants and hospitality. Innovative electronic payment solutions range from credit and debit cards, gift and loyalty cards, fleet, fuel, payroll, purchasing and T&E. As a full-service merchant processor, Comdata's platforms support both its proprietary and branded card networks, as well as card processing for all card types. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, Comdata employs more than 1,600 people worldwide. Comdata is a wholly owned subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Ceridian Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CEN CEN - Conseil Européen pour la Normalisation. A body coordinating standardisation activities in the EEC and EFTA countries. ). About Ceridian Ceridian Corporation (NYSE: CEN) is an information services See Information Systems. company serving businesses and employees in the United States, Canada and Europe. Ceridian is one of the top human resources outsourcing companies in each of its markets, and offers a broad range of human resource services, including payroll, benefits administration, tax compliance, HR information systems and employee advisory programs. Through its Comdata subsidiary, Ceridian is a major payment processor and issuer of credit cards, debit cards and stored value cards, primarily for the trucking and retail industries in the United States. www.ceridian.com |
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