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Securus Publishes Results of Patent Portfolio Analysis Completed by Three (3) Independent Intellectual Property Consulting FirmsSecurus Technologies, a leading provider of civil and criminal justice technology solutions for public safety, investigation, corrections and monitoring, announced that it engaged three (3) independent consulting firms to analyze its patent portfolio against the patent portfolio of Global Tel*Link (GTL (News - Alert)), and is presenting the results of those studies again to our customers, lenders, and associates/employees. "We issued a formal 'Patent Portfolio Bake Off' Challenge to GTL that went unanswered so we did something that was even better, I believe," said Richard A. ("Rick") Smith, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Securus Technologies. "We used our outside counsel to engage three (3) independent, well-known, intellectual property consulting firms to compare and contrast our patent portfolio with GTL's patent portfolio. Outside counsel did not disclose who their client was, so the comparison was independent, intellectually honest, and non-biased," said Smith. "Counsel didn't even tell the consulting firms what the list of patents was for each company. Securus didn't provide any help or assistance to aid their analysis at all." The key findings of the studies are provided below:
"The three (3) independent patent portfolio analyses clearly show that by virtually any qualitative or quantitative measurement, Securus' patent portfolio is much stronger, broader, and valuable than the other company's portfolio," Smith said. "We did this work, spent this time, and paid a significant amount of money to make clear to everyone that you can use the legal system and file patent infringement cases and patent invalidations to cloud facts for a while, but the truth on the superior numbers and value of our patent portfolio will eventually prevail. I have recently reached out to the CEO of GTL and their owners to close out all existing and future litigation associated with patents. I pray that they will accept our olive branch. If not, we will aggressively pursue the $115 million settlement payment from GTL that I have justified in the past. The future of this litigation is in their hands," concluded Smith. ABOUT SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and serving more than 3,450 public safety, law enforcement and corrections agencies and over 1,200,000 inmates across North America, Securus Technologies is committed to serve and connect by providing emergency response, incident management, public information, investigation, biometric analysis, communication, information management, inmate self-service, and monitoring products and services in order to make our world a safer place to live. Securus Technologies focuses on connecting what matters®. To learn more about our full suite of civil and criminal justice technology solutions, please visit SecurusTechnologies.com.
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