j2 Global Prevails in Patent Markman Hearing on Two Additional Patents

Court Again Rejects Opponents' Claim Construction in j2 Global Patent Infringement Lawsuits against Easylink and Captaris j2 Global Communications, Inc.

today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a Markman Order on October 20, 2011 in ongoing patent infringement litigation by j2 Global against Easylink Services International Corp.

and Captaris, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Open Text Corporation

. In the litigation, j2 Global is alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,208,638 (“the ‘638 patent”), 6,350,066 (“the '066 patent”), 6,597,688 (“‘688 patent") and 7,020,132 (“‘132 patent"). In a Markman Order, the Court determines the meaning of disputed patent claim language. Similar, more recently filed cases are pending against RingCentral, Inc. and others. In its Order, the Court adopted j2 Global's proposed construction of every disputed claim term of the ‘688 and ‘132 patents. This victory follows the Court's Markman Order issued in March of this year in which the Court likewise construed every disputed claim term of the ‘638 and ‘066 patents in a manner consistent with the construction offered by j2.