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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
(DigitalTransactions.net)
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A small technology company that has made a name for itself with its aggressive and successful litigation defending a pair of patents covering check imaging was dealt a setback late last week when the United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected all of the claims set out in those patents. While defendants in pending infringement lawsuits DataTreasury Corp. has brought over the past four years were jubilant, a spokesman for the law firm representing the Plano, Texas, company characterizes the so-called office action by the USPTO as a routine matter in patent cases. “It’s a minor deal,” he says. “This is something we saw coming.” DataTreasury now has 60 days to file a response, which the spokesman says the company will do...
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