NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Modavox, Inc. (OTCBB:MDVX), Internet broadcasting pioneer and holder of several patented technologies, yesterday filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, asserting two Causes of Action against Yahoo! for Patent Infringement related to Modavox-owned United States Patent No. 6,594,691 ("Method and System for Adding Function to a Web Page") and United States Patent No. 7,269,636 ("Method and Code Module For Adding Function to a Web Page"). Modavox's Complaint specifically asserts that Yahoo! has operated a business for profit that uses Modavox's technology claimed and described in the '691 and '636 Patents without having sought or received Modavox's authorization to use its patented technology.
Nathaniel T. Bradley, Chief Technology & Product Officer at Modavox, stated, "Our patented technology is foundational to a specific targeted Internet advertising delivery method utilized by the Yahoo! Advertising business and used previously by the targeted advertising delivery operation of Blue Lithium, purchased by Yahoo! in September, 2007. Third party expert analysis of Yahoo!'s systems, as well as our own internal studies, provide a substantial basis for our infringement contentions."
David Shaub of Shaub and Williams LLP, Modavox's lead counsel in the case, stated, "The action has been filed after an extended investigation of the claims."
Modavox's Complaint alleges that Modavox has suffered irreparable harm as a result of the alleged infringement and thus seeks preliminary and permanent injunctions against Yahoo! to prevent Yahoo! from making, using, selling and offering for sale any products or services which infringe the '691 or '636 Patents, or otherwise inducing or contributing to the alleged infringement. Modavox's Complaint also seeks monetary damages in an amount to be determined at trial, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty, to compensate Modavox for Yahoo!'s alleged infringement, as well as a finding that Yahoo!'s infringement was willful and deliberate, which finding could entitle Modavox to up to three-times actual damages. The Complaint also seeks attorneys' fees and Court costs, as well as any other remedies that the Court deems equitable and just.
About Shaub and Williams LLP
Shaub & Williams LLP is a business and intellectual property law firm, specializing in international transactions, located in Los Angeles, California, with an office in Silicon Valley and affiliated counsel in Chicago and Denver.
About Modavox
Modavox, Inc., the customized communications company, is a pioneer in Internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, offering innovative, effective, and comprehensive online tools for reaching targeted niche communities worldwide. Through patented Modavox technology, Modavox delivers content straight to desktops and Internet-enabled devices. Modavox provides managed access for live and on-demand Internet radio broadcasting, e-learning and rich media advertising. Modavox's Augme Mobile line of business, based in New York City, offers a comprehensive Web-based marketing platform that provides marketers, brands and advertising agencies the ability to create, deliver, manage and track interactive marketing campaigns targeting mobile consumers (users of mobile phones and portable digital devices) through traditional print advertising channels. Augme Mobile's AD LIFE(TM) mobile marketing platform, as enhanced by Modavox technical assets, fulfills the advertiser's need to offer interactive multimedia mobile content, while simultaneously satisfying the consumer's desire for easier and more robust mobile connectedness. For more information, please visit www.modavox.com.
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