j2 Global (JCOM) Files Patent Infringement Suits Against Protus IP Solutions, Captaris and EasyLink Services

June 30, 2008 7:46 AM EDT

j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM) today announced that it has filed three separate patent infringement lawsuits against Protus IP Solutions Inc., Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAPA) and EasyLink Services International Corporation (NASDAQ: ESIC). 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 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 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 Communications, Inc. provides outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services to individuals and businesses worldwide.


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