Court Rejects Catuity's Application for a Split Trial.Business Editors AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. EN PROVENCE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2000 Today, the Federal Court of Australia The Federal Court of Australia is the Australian court in which most civil disputes, and some summary criminal matters, governed by federal law are decided. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges. rejected Catuity Inc.'s attempt to hive off hive n. 1. a. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees. b. A colony of bees living in such a structure. 2. A place swarming with activity. v. part of 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. proceedings it is currently defending. Welcome Real-time, one of the world's leading smart card software solution companies, issued patent infringement proceedings against three Catuity group companies on July 20, 2000. Welcome's Patent covers its smart card technology. Catuity had applied to the Court asking whether it would hear the issue of infringement as quickly as possible and delay all other issues in the 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. (including whether the patent was valid) until later. Justice Heerey did not consider that Catuity's application was appropriate and ordered that Catuity pay Welcome's costs. Aneace Haddad, President and 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 Welcome Real-time said today that his company wanted all the issues between the parties heard together: "Clearly one of the reasons why Catuity wanted to split the trial was because of the difficulty in proving that our Patent is not valid. Furthermore, evidence produced by Catuity for their unsuccessful application provided significant additional proof of infringement, contrary to Catuity's claims of non-infringement. I'm delighted that the Judge agreed with Welcome that all the issues be heard together so that a proper determination can be made." Welcome's case against Catuity will now continue with Catuity ordered to serve its Defense by August 30, 2000. The trial of the matter is to take place in March 2001. About Welcome Real-time Welcome Real-time is a leading provider of marketing software and services to drive consumer behavior across the online, offline and mobile worlds. The company's software leverages the banking industry's emerging smart card infrastructure to create a cross platform electronic promotion infrastructure. The Company's patented technology allows smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. to store a detailed history of the customer's purchases so that behavior driven incentives and coupons can be tailored to encourage repeat visits. Real-time electronic coupon delivery via merchant payment terminals, web sites and mobile phones, presents major opportunities within the huge promotional marketing industry. Welcome Real-time has delivered its software on close to 4 million smart cards used by specialty retailers, airlines, movie theaters, quick service restaurants, and supermarkets. Welcome Real-time is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France. Management includes smart card marketing pioneers who have been running electronic cash programs since 1987 and smart card electronic couponing cou·pon·ing n. The sending out or turning in of coupons, especially the regular redemption of a manufacturer's coupon for cash. applications as early as 1993. Welcome Real-time owns 6 smart card patents worldwide with another 11 patents pending. |
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