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j2 Global Communications Files 3 Patent Infringement Lawsuits
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
j2 Global Communications, a provider of outsourced, value-added
messaging and communications services, announced that it has filed
three separate patent infringement lawsuits against Protus IP Solutions
Inc., Captaris, Inc. and EasyLink Services International Corp.
According to j2, the three suits, filed in the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of Texas, each allege that Protus, Captaris and
EasyLink violate claims of U.S. Patent Numbers 6,597,688 and 7,020,132,
both entitled "Scalable Architecture for Transmission of Messages over
a Network."
j2 Global said it is seeking monetary damages for past infringement,
injunctive relief prohibiting Protus, Captaris and EasyLink from
continuing to infringe the patents, among other remedies.
In addition to these cases, j2 Global noted it has pending patent
infringement cases against Protus relating to various other patents
before California and Canadian courts, and j2 Global has a pending
patent infringement case against Captaris relating to a separate patent
in a case pending in Georgia.
"j2 Global has heavily invested in Internet fax and enhanced messaging
intellectual property over the past decade, enabling us to deliver
powerful value-added solutions to our customers," said Jeff Adelman,
Vice President and General Counsel of j2 Global. "These lawsuits
reflect our ongoing commitment to shareholders and customers alike to
protect our IP by enforcing it against companies using it without our
permission."
j2 Global owns 57 issued U.S. and foreign patents, and has 49 pending
patent applications. These patents and patent applications relate to
various innovations in the fields of unified communications, multimedia
messaging, Internet fax and voice messaging and document management.
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