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UK Legal Action against Activ
UK Legal Action against Activ.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 3015F Intercede Group PLC 11 January 2010 \n \n\n11 January 2010\nIntercede Group plc\n(\"Intercede\" or the \"Company\")\nIntercede Initiates UK Legal Action against ActivIdentity\nIntercede seeks Court Declaration of Non-Infringement and Asserts Patent Invalid \n\nHighlights:\n\n\nIntercede seeks a declaration from UK High Court that its software products do not infringe ActivIdentity patent EP(UK)0 981 803\n\n\nIntercede challenges validity of ActivIdentity patent EP(UK)0 981 803 \n\n\nThis is the UK counterpart to US patent 6,575,360 which is subject to a previously announced law suit in the Northern District of California\n\n\nIntercede's legal team and insurers are sufficiently confident in the strength of the case that they have underwritten legal costs in the UK litigation\n\n\nLondon, United Kingdom (PRWEB) 11 January 2010 - Intercede announces that on 22 December 2009 it issued proceedings against ActivIdentity in the UK High Court in London. These proceedings request the Court to rule ActivIdentity's patent EP (UK) 0 981 803 invalid and/or to make a binding declaration that Intercede's MyID software products do not infringe this patent.\nIntercede has adopted an innovative approach to significantly reduce its own financial exposure in this UK litigation. Firstly, it has engaged Forsyth Simpson Solicitors, a London-based firm of specialist intellectual property and patent lawyers, on a Conditional Fee Agreement (often called a \"No Win No Fee\" agreement). Having considered Intercede's case on the ActivIdentity patent, this firm has agreed to work for a reduced rate in return for an \"uplift\" on their fees in the event that Intercede wins its case. A benefit of this approach is that it minimises Intercede's short-term costs and if Intercede succeeds, ActivIdentity would normally be ordered by the Court to pay these fees and the uplift.\nSecondly, Intercede has secured 'After the Event' Insurance from a leadin...