MIAMI and WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NETTALK.COM
INC. ("netTALK") (OTC:NTLK) announced that it received a United
States Patent Office ("USPTO") Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate
("EPRC") for netTALK's U.S. Patent Number 8,243,722 (the "'722
Patent"), which is owned by netTALK. The EPRC signifies the
termination of the reexamination. All three claims of the
'722 Patent survived the reexamination proceeding.
netTALK sued magicJack VocalTec, Ltd. ("magicJack")
(Nasdaq:CALL) and other defendants on September 21, 2012, in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Florida for infringement of the '722
Patent. That case was stayed pending the outcome of the
reexamination. The District Court has lifted its stay order
to allow the infringement litigation to proceed. The case is
currently scheduled for trial.
According to Anastasios "Takis" Kyriakides, Chief Executive
Officer of netTALK, "We are very pleased, although not surprised,
that the USPTO terminated the reexamination of the '722 Patent, and
are even more pleased that our case against magicJack and the other
defendants can now proceed. We intend to vigorously pursue
this litigation, in which we are seeking, amongst other things,
substantial monetary damages and an injunction prohibiting the
future sale of the magicJack Plus and magicJack Plus 2014
devices. Clearly, with that level of materiality to the
Company, this is a top priority for us now and going forward."
netTALK was represented in the reexamination by Joseph R. Englander, Esq. and Daniel J. Barsky, Esq. of Shutts & Bowen
LLP.
Case # 9:2012cv81022
Court: Florida Southern District Court
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historical facts, are forward-looking and accordingly involve
estimates, assumptions, judgments and uncertainties. There are a
number of factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to
differ materially from those addressed in the forward-looking
statements. Such factors are detailed in Net Talk.com, Inc.'s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and subsequent reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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