MELVILLE, NY--(Marketwired - July 07, 2014) - CopyTele, Inc. ("CTI") (OTCQB: COPY), a company that protects the rights of inventors through patent monetization and patent assertion, today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has scheduled a claims construction hearing on August 8, 2014 at 11:30 a.m., in the ongoing patent infringement lawsuits by CopyTele subsidiary Secure Web Conference Corporation against Microsoft Corporation and Citrix Systems, Inc.
Robert Berman, CTI's President and CEO, stated, "Although we generally do not comment on upcoming Court proceedings, because our previously announced Annual Meeting of Stockholders was originally scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. on August 8, we are changing the start time of our annual meeting to 9:00 a.m., so that it does not conflict with the 11:30 a.m. start time of the claims construction hearing."
CopyTele's Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held at the law offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105 on Friday, August 8, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. Oral argument for the claims construction hearing will take place at the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York at 225 Cadman Plaza E, Courtroom 6C at 11:30 a.m.
SWCC's patented Key Based Web Conferencing technology was developed in-house at CopyTele. SWCC initiated patent infringement lawsuits against Microsoft in connection with its Skype® and Lync® web conference services, and Citrix in connection with its GoToMeeting®, GoToWebinar®, and GoToTraining® web conference services. A claims construction proceeding is a part of a patent infringement lawsuit where the Court defines the meaning of certain patent claim terms for which there is disagreement among the parties.
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develops and acquires patented technologies for the purposes of patent monetization and patent assertion. The company currently has 10 patent portfolios in the areas of Key Based Web Conferencing Encryption, Encrypted Cellular Communications, E-Paper® Electrophoretic Display, Nano Field Emission Display ("nFED"), Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Display ("MEMS"), Loyalty Conversion Systems, J-Channel Window Frame Construction, VPN Multicast Communications, Internet Telephonic Gateway, and Enhanced Auction Technologies. Additional information is available at www.CTIpatents.com.
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