01 Communique Provides an Update on its Patent Litigation with Citrix Systems Inc.

01 Communique announced that prosecution of the inter partes reexamination of its United States Patent No. 6,928,479 is now closed.  The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“ USPTO”) has issued a Right of Appeal Notice concluding that ALL of the claims in the inter partes re-examination, that were challenged by Citrix Systems, Inc., are patentable.

There are 46 claims of invention contained in the patent of which 25 were subject to the inter partes reexamination and 24 of these claims were asserted by 01 as infringed by Citrix. The Patent Examiner has reaffirmed the patentability of all 25 claims in the Right of Appeal Notice.

“We are very pleased with the outcome of the reexamination,” said Andrew Cheung, President and CEO of 01 Communique. “The conclusion of the Patent Examiner reaffirms our conviction that all of the claims asserted against Citrix are valid including all of the independent claims which have been found to be patentable as originally issued.  We believe that our patent is not only infringed by GoToMyPC as presently asserted in our litigation; but also GoToMeeting. We are confident that Citrix will be held accountable for its infringement all the way back to the time of the patent's issuance in August 2005. We will be meeting with our professional advisors over the coming weeks to determine our next steps in enforcing our patents.”

Read the press release here.

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