Panasonic Settles Patent Litigation with Klausner Technologies

Panasonic Corporation has entered into a patent license agreement with Klausner Technologies, Inc., in accordance with Klausner Technologies' U.S. Visual Voicemail patents, for Panasonic consumer and enterprise visual voicemail products, which include Panasonic's "Choicemail" DECT cordless telephone answering devices. The parties have settled their outstanding litigation and the case has been dismissed.

Panasonic is the 31st company to license Klausner Technologies' Visual Voicemail patents. Current licensees of the Visual Voicemail patents include major U.S. and European mobile operators, handset manufacturers, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)/cable operators, and other providers of Visual Voicemail services.

"Our patented research lets consumers view, prioritize and select voice messages from their mobile phones or via the Internet," said Judah Klausner, CEO of Klausner Technologies.

Panasonic had been a defendant in the pending patent infringement lawsuit brought by Klausner Technologies in the Eastern District of Texas. Klausner Technologies is represented in the litigation by the law firm of Dovel & Luner. Klausner Technologies is currently asserting its Visual Voicemail patents against Technology in Motion in a lawsuit captioned Klausner Technologies, Inc. v, Innovation in Motion Corporation, et al, Case No. 6-09 CV-00527 and against Cisco in a lawsuit captioned Klausner Technologies, Inc. v. Qwest Communications, Inc., et. al, Case No. 6-09 CV-232.

Klausner Technologies was founded by Judah Klausner, inventor of the PDA, and electronic organizer. It owns 25 patents worldwide, covering the basic Visual Voicemail feature in which subscribers selectively listen to their messages via their cell phones or computers.

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