Stamps.com, the Internet postage company based in Santa Monica, CA. has filed a court suit against office equipment maker Pitney Bowes, claiming it infringed upon four of Stamps.com’s Internet postage patents, according to Reuters.
Santa Monica, California-based Stamps.com said the patents were invented by Salim Kara, the founder of another online postage company, E-Stamp Corp.
In April, Stamps.com acquired E-Stamp’s assets, including its name and patents. E-Stamp in November 2000 pulled out of the Internet-based postage industry to focus on shipping and logistics.
Pitney Bowes, in a statement, called the suit, which was filed in federal court in Los Angeles, “a diversionary tactic.”
The two companies are currently involved in other litigation.
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