Thursday, March 18, 2010

SmartMetric's Lawsuit Against Visa and MasterCard

SmartMetric's Lawsuit Against Visa and MasterCard



SURFSIDE, FL--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Mr. Colin Hendrick, President of SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCBBSMME), said today that on March 15, 2010, SmartMetric, Inc. (the "Company") filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Central District of California (the "Court"), Case No. CV10-01864, against MasterCard, Inc. ("MasterCard") and Visa, Inc. ("Visa"), alleging patent infringement on the Company's patent, U.S. Patent 6,792,464. The Company is seeking the following relief from the Court against MasterCard and Visa:
  1. For an order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. section 271 declaring that each Defendant has infringed one or more claims of the '464 patent

  2. preliminary and permanent injunction against each defendant prohibiting each of them from further infringement of the '464 patent

  3. An award of actual damages SMME has suffered by reason of the infringement charged in this complaint in an amount not less than a reasonable royalty on each Defendant's infringement of the '464 Patent

  4. An award to plaintiff SMME of their costs herein

  5. Such other relief as this Court may deem just and proper



Investor Contact: 
Redwood Consultants, LLC 
415.884.0348


Company Contact: 
SmartMetric, Inc. 
Colin Hendrick 
305.607.3910 

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