eTAGZ Granted New Patent

eTAGZ’s New Patent Strengthens Position Against Infringers

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- After 11 years and two appeals, eTAGZ, Inc. received yet more good news for its shareholders in the form of an official notice that their “granddaddy” patent was issued as of November 1, 2011 as U.S. Patent No. 8,050,964.

“Despite the solidity and breadth of our other patents, this new patent gives us further reach and additional strength to deter infringers,” said Sean Reyes, eTAGZ General Counsel and candidate for Utah Attorney General in 2012. “It will protect those partners who have properly licensed the attachment method from eTAGZ.”

eTAGZ already has three working patents related to its core business of helping companies increase sales and market presence through attaching CDs, DVDs, USB drives and other devices containing branding, promotional, instructional, entertainment and/or educational content to commercial products. Such attachment is currently prevalent throughout many industries, and is visible on products such as magazines, clothing, toys, videos, sports/fitness items and hunting/outdoor gear.

“This particular patent is one for which we have been trying to win approval since 2000 and was the precursor to several of our other patents,” said eTAGZ CEO Isaac Jacobson. “So it is particularly gratifying that the USPTO has finally made the correct decision and recognized, yet again, the validity of eTAGZ’s position in this space. We give much credit to the vision and persistence of our prosecution counsel, Jack Baird and Gordon Hill of Pate Baird, PLLC.”

“Because the new patent is so closely related to the current patents, several of the new claims reinforce eTAGZ’s existing claims,” said Joe Pia, senior partner of PADRM and lead litigation counsel for eTAGZ’s patent cases. “Other claims are entirely independent and provide eTAGZ expanded scope when it comes to enforcement. I would be concerned if I were a business attaching DVDs or CDs to products without a license from eTAGZ.”

eTAGZ, Inc.Chelsey Richardson, 801-377-3400[email protected]

Source: eTAGZ, Inc.