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May 04, 2004

E-DATA SUES CORBIS AND GETTY OVER FREENY PATENT INFRINGEMENT

E-Data, the owner of the infamous "Freeny Patent" (U.S. Patent No. 4,528,643), announced that it is seeking damages from Getty Images and Corbis in the United States District Court, Western District of Texas (Docket: A 04 CA 230LY), for having infringed upon "the Freeny patent," prior to its U.S. expiration in January 2003. This action is in addition to the company's pending litigation against Getty Images and Corbis in both the Netherlands (Docket: KG 04/88 and KG 04/140) and the United Kingdom (Docket: Pat04007 and Pat04008) for infringing upon its European patent EP 0 195 098 B-1. PHOSITA has previously posted about the Freeny Patent European saga against Corbis & Getty here.

According to Bert Brodsky, chairman of E-Data Corporation:

"By enabling consumers to download photographs over the Internet, Getty Images and Corbis have egregiously violated our patents. Based on our favorable decision by the Court of Appeals in the U.S., we are confident in the scope of our patents. Moreover, given our encouraging track record in Europe, we have renewed and expanded our litigation, in both the United States and globally. Accordingly, we are working with two of the leading intellectual property law firms in North America and Europe, who are committed to ensuring that our patents are fully protected and enforced."

Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 05:58 PM.
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