press release
u.s. patent office grants venali's request to reexamine j2 patent on grounds of invalidity
MIAMI, FL. (May 18, 2005) - The United States Patent
Office has granted Venali’s request for reexamination of J2 Global’s
(JCOM) Patent 6597688.
“All claims of the patent will be reexamined” according to the
order by the U.S. Patent Office granting the reexamination. “It is
agreed that the consideration of all these references [cited by Venali
in its request for reexamination] raises a substantial new question of
patentability as to Claims 1-27 of [j2’s ‘688 patent].”
“We are very pleased that the U.S. Patent office agreed to our first
request to reexamine a patent held by J2 Global” said Amin El-Gazzar,
CEO of Venali. “While this was the first reexamination request Venali
filed, we recently filed a request to reexamine a second J2 Global patent
based upon new evidence which we found that shows the invalidity of the
patent. Based on the newly uncovered evidence, we are extremely confident
that the U.S. Patent Office will grant that request as well.”
The reexamination requests are the result of evidence uncovered during
an on-going extensive investigation into the validity of the entirety
of the J2 Global patent portfolio which had first been initiated by Venali
in response to a suit filed by J2 Global in 2004. While Venali maintains
that its processes and technologies do not infringe upon J2 Global’s
patents; Venali is aiming to strengthen competition on merit in the rapidly
growing Internet Fax market place by working actively on invalidating
questionable J2 Global’s patents, even if they are not part of Venali’s
litigation with J2.
About Venali and its Internet Fax Services
Venali is revolutionizing the way businesses fax by enabling them to fax
over the Internet without the need for separate fax hardware, phone lines
or maintenance. Instead, Venali Internet Fax lets people securely send
and receive fax documents between any fax number worldwide from their
desktop, laptop or wireless device right from their email. These features
reduce fax costs significantly and dramatically improve productivity over
traditional systems.
For enterprise users, Venali Internet Fax increases uptime to 99.9% on
desktop fax and production fax functions such as invoicing and purchasing
from virtually any platform. Moreover, Venali is instantly deployable
to thousands of users with no major training. This means return-on-investment
is substantial and immediate because there are no upfront system costs.
Contact for Further Information
Brad Nickel
786-276-0770
