Datapoint Reports Post-Trial Motions, Sales.SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 1998--Datapoint Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DPT) announced today that it is filing the necessary post-trial motions following the jury's verdict in the company's 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 against PictureTel in anticipation of appealing the ruling, if necessary. "We were naturally disappointed in the verdict and will be pursuing the matter further," said Gerald N. Agranoff, vice president and general counsel for Datapoint. Datapoint previously reported today that it has received a $2.4 million contract to provide consulting and application development services for a customer service call center in the U.K. Blake Thomas, Datapoint's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , stated that operations continue to meet the company's expectations for the fiscal year and noted that additional multi-million dollar European call center contracts are expected to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. shortly. With U.S. headquarters in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , TX, and international headquarters in Paris, France, Datapoint Corporation specializes in the design and integration of voice, video and data communication solutions and markets its products and services in 40 countries worldwide. Datapoint invented distributed video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. and offers a full line of room, group, desktop and networked video conferencing products. The company also offers telecommunications systems and integration services incorporating power dialers, interactive voice response systems and automatic call distribution systems. Datapoint is known for its superior R&D and as an inventor of many noteworthy technologies. CONTACT: The Marcus Group, Inc., Secaucus, N.J. Ilene D. Manahan, 201/902-9000 |
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