The US District Court in Utah has denied four motions by software developers Quarterdeck and V Communications in the patent infringement suit brought against them by PowerQuest Corp of Utah.
In 1997, PowerQuest filed suits against V Communications and Quarterdeck for patent infringement. After PowerQuest evaluated the infringing software, and after attempts to negotiate failed, PowerQuest brought suit to stop the infringement of patents protecting PowerQuest`s hard-disk partitioning technology.
V Communications had asked the court in Utah to put PowerQuest`s suit on hold pending appeal, but the court denied the motion. In the second motion, the court noted the California court`s ruling that V Communications "engaged in improper forum shopping". Two motions by Quarterdeck were also denied.
"Hopefully, we can now move ahead to the merits of this case," says Eric J Ruff, PowerQuest CEO and chairman. "We look forward to the day when all parties involved have to put their evidence in front of the judge and jury. So let`s move forward."
PowerQuest is a leading developer of storage device management software for network servers and desktop computers. Its products are represented in South Africa by Server Tools.
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