Toshiba is Sued by Klausner Technologies for Visual Voicemail Patent Infringement
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Klausner Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has filed suit against Toshiba Corporation (TSE:6502) for patent infringement under its U.S. Visual Voicemail patents.
The lawsuit is based on the sales in the United States of Toshiba enterprise voicemail products such as Toshiba Strategy View Web Client and Toshiba Strategy Enterprise Server Voicemail to Email integration, which allow users to selectively retrieve enterprise voicemail and which infringe Klausner Technologies' Visual Voicemail Patents.
Klausner Technologies currently has 33 Visual Voicemail patent licensees under its U.S., European, and Asian patents, including major U.S. and European mobile operators, international cell phone manufacturers, cable/VOIP providers as well as providers of Visual Voicemail products and services for the enterprise market. Avaya Inc. has recently signed a patent license under the Klausner Technologies’ Visual Voicemail patents for its own enterprise voicemail products.
In 1979 Toshiba Corporation became the first of many licensees under Judah Klausner’s seminal electronic organizer patent, USP #4,117,542, the standard technology for all PDAs, electronic organizers and cell phone contact lists. Toshiba signed the license with Klausner to cover its “Memo Note” series electronics organizers, the first electronic organizer ever built.
“33 companies worldwide have now signed patent license agreements with us under our Visual Voicemail patents. As the inventor of these patents and on behalf of our company, I just can’t allow unlicensed companies to use our IP”, said Judah Klausner, Klausner Technologies’ President. The suit has been filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas by the California law firm of Dovel & Luner.
About Klausner Technologies, Inc.: Klausner Technologies was founded by Judah Klausner, inventor of the PDA and electronic organizer. It owns a catalogue of 25 Visual Voicemail patents, in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Taiwan, Korea and Japan covering the basic Visual Voicemail feature in which users can selectively view and listen to their voice messages via their mobile phones or computers.
Visual Voicemail Patent Licensing Information: patentlicensing@klausnertechnologies.com
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