Sticky matters.Stamps.com Inc. is wrapping up the discovery phase of a patent dispute with the founder of E-Stamp Corp., one of the relics relics, part of the body of a saint or a thing closely connected with the saint in life. In traditional Christian belief they have had great importance, and miracles have often been associated with them. of the dot-com era. Salim Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. , now the principal of Canada-based Kara Technology Inc., sued Stamps.com in October 2004 for alleged 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. in its NetStamps and PhotoStamps product lines. "They're asserting we infringed two of their patents and also saying we misappropriated mis·ap·pro·pri·ate tr.v. mis·ap·pro·pri·at·ed, mis·ap·pro·pri·at·ing, mis·ap·pro·pri·ates 1. a. To appropriate wrongly: misappropriating the theories of social science. some of their trade secrets, and we very much deny those assertions," said Seth Weisberg, vice president and general counsel of Stamps.com. NetStamps, launched in 2002, allows customers to print postage on sheets for later use. PhotoStamps, released this year, lets them put their own photos on stamps. A hearing to prepare for trial is set for Jan. 30. The case is the second involving Kara and Stamps.com. In 2003, Stamps.com settled a case alleging that Pitney Bowes  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Inc. infringed some of its patents acquired from its purchase of E-Stamp. |
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