Datapoint Set For PictureTel/CLI Suits.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1997--Datapoint Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DPT) announced today it is proceeding with its 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. lawsuits against PictureTel Corp. and Compression Labs, Inc. The PictureTel trial is scheduled to begin October 6 in Federal Court in Dallas, TX, with the CLI (1) (Call Level Interface) A database programming interface from the SQL Access Group (SAG), an SQL membership organization. SAG's CLI is an attempt to standardize the SQL language for database access. trial scheduled for November in the same court. 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. , said, "Datapoint owns groundbreaking video teleconferencing See videoconferencing. patents and is committed to vigorously pursuing the infringement actions it has filed against a number of companies. The court's special master has reviewed our position on claim construction and concluded favorably on our assertions. We feel strongly about our position and are anxious to get these trials underway and positively resolved in Datapoint's favor." In 1995, Datapoint negotiated two settlements for such infringements for a total of $1.0 million and in 1996 entered into an agreement with 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. America, Inc. for the licensing of its video teleconferencing patents for an undisclosed amount. Several other video conferencing and multi-speed networking patent infringement suits have been filed and are pending. Datapoint is being represented by the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. patent law firm of Cobrin, Gittes & Samuel. With its U.S. headquarters in San Antonio, TX, and international headquarters in Paris, France, Datapoint Corp. specializes in the design and integration of data, voice and video communication solutions and markets its products and services in 40 countries worldwide. Datapoint invented distributed videoconferencing and offers a full line of room, group, desktop and networked videoconferencing products. The company also offers telecommunications systems and integration services incorporating power dialers, interactive voice response systems and automatic call distribution systems and is known for its superior R&D and as an inventor of many noteworthy technologies. CONTACT: The Marcus Group, Inc. Ilene Manahan, 201/902-9000 |
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