Return-Path: Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu by po11.mit.edu (8.9.2/4.7) id CAA21361; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 02:20:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mta04.onebox.com (mta04.onebox.com [64.68.77.147]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id CAA02985; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 02:20:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from onebox.com ([10.1.111.5]) by mta04.onebox.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.21 201-229-121-121-20010307) with SMTP id <20010413061932.TSGP20752.mta04.onebox.com@onebox.com>; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:19:32 -0700 Received: from [216.41.28.241] by onebox.com with HTTP; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:19:32 -0700 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:19:32 -0700 Subject: mz1: Round 6: Okor Versus The World From: "Joseph Okor" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1BoxPartBoundary98714277210429987142772" Message-Id: <20010413061932.TSGP20752.mta04.onebox.com@onebox.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --1BoxPartBoundary98714277210429987142772 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, I filed my 6th suit against Sega, Nintendo and 10 other companies today. Detailed information on the case is in the attached Press Release. More information can also be found at my Web site . A status/schedulling conference on the cases against the Arcade Game manufacturers is schedulled for April 23, 2001 at 2:30pm in Room 1 on 3rd floor of the Courthouse in Boston. Some tidbits: 1. There are 40 lawyers from 22 law firms (from around the country - ) representing 12 companies in the pending cases. 2. Prior to filling my first suit in 1997 against Nintendo, Nintendo fought an 11 year bitter infringement suit against Alpex on very similar issues. Nintendo lost a $200 million jury trial in 1994, but decision was reversed on appeal in 1996. Alpex appealled to Supreme Court, but Supreme Court declined to take case in 1997. Senoir members of the "Dream Team" in that case are also on the cases against Nintendo. The fact that sega and Nintendo did not challenge the validity of the patents is therefore very significant. I will update you on further developments. Thanks for your interest. -- Joseph Okor jkokor@onebox.com - email (781) 266-2132 - voicemail/fax --1BoxPartBoundary98714277210429987142772 Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=release-001.html PEhUTUw+DQo8SEVBRD4NCjxNRVRBIEhUVFAtRVFVSVY9IkNvbnRlbnQtVHlwZSIgQ09OVEVO VD0idGV4dC9odG1sOyBjaGFyc2V0PXdpbmRvd3MtMTI1MiI+DQo8TUVUQSBOQU1FPSJHZW5l cmF0b3IiIENPTlRFTlQ9Ik1pY3Jvc29mdCBXb3JkIDk3Ij4NCjxUSVRMRT5UaGUgbGF0ZXN0 IHN1aXQgaXMgYW4gb3V0Z3Jvd3RoIG9mIHRoZSBzdWl0IGZpbGVkIG9uIE9jdG9iZXIgMjgs IDE5OTcgYWdhaW5zdCBTZWdhIGFuZCBOaW50ZW5kbyBmb3IgaW5mcmluZ2luZyB0aGUgcGF0 ZW50PC9USVRMRT4NCjwvSEVBRD4NCjxCT0RZIExJTks9IiMwMDAwZmYiPg0KDQo8Qj48UCBB TElHTj0iQ0VOVEVSIj5GT1IgSU1NRURJQVRFIFJFTEVBU0U8L1A+DQo8L0I+DQo8Qj48UD5D T05UQUNUOiA8L1A+DQo8L0I+PFA+Sm9zZXBoIEsuIE9rb3I8L1A+DQo8UD5QaG9uZTogKDc4 MSkgMjY2LTIxMzI8L1A+DQo8UD48QSBIUkVGPSJtYWlsdG86amtva29yQG9uZWJveC5jb20i 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