Everi Seeks Dismissal or Nevada Move in Sightline Cashless Gaming Patent Lawsuit

Everi Holdings responded last-place hebdomad to a cause inward a TX federal courtroom filed nearly two months agone by Sightline Payments. The Texas-based fellowship seeks to discount the case or at to the lowest degree let it moved to Nevada.

Sightline filed the lawsuit on Sept. 30, claiming Everi’s CashClub Wallet cashless gaming solution infringes on at least quint of its patents. Based inward Las Vegas, Sightline filed the lawsuit inward the Western District of Lone-Star State US District Court.

Besides Everi Holdings, Sightline also listed Everi Payments, Everi Games Holding, and Everi Games as defendants inward the case.

However, in Everi’s response filed shoemaker's last Wednesday, Saint John the Apostle Artz of Emily Dickinson S. S. Van Dine PLLC said that Everi Payments, which is the only when Everi litigator involved with the production inward question, does non have got “a steady and constituted station of business” inward the jurisdiction.

Only Everi Games Holding is inward the jurisdiction, according to Artz’s filing. But he said that the quaternion listed entities are not “alter egos” of to each one other.

In addition, Artz cited federal patent of invention and right of first publication law, expression that any civic activity should accept set where the alleged infringement took place, or where the accused troupe is established.

…this action mechanism could hold been—and should feature been—brought inwards the District of Nevada,” Everi’s move stated. “Moreover, all of the stuff physical evidence and documents are located inwards Nevada; the relevant company and third-party witnesses are placed inward Nevada; and Battle Born State has a localised involvement in this case.”

Artz also noted that the jurisdiction picked has seen “a important uptick” in patent of invention lawsuits inwards recent years.

Lawyer: Two Everi Companies Should Be Dismissed

In the same motion, Everi said that if the intact showcase is not dismissed, then at the least, Everi Games and Everi Games Holding should follow dismissed from the lawsuit.

Artz said that on that point is nothing that shows either of those defendants feature developed, marketed, or used the cashless gaming solution.

In the lawsuit, Sightline listed the companies because it said Everi Holdings “publicly refers to” itself and its subsidiaries in the collective.” Sightline noted that Everi promoted a “digital neighborhood” at the Global Gaming Expo in October. That represented a concluded suite of financial, consumer loyalty, and compliance products interested parties could buy as a suite.

Sightline Responds

In a financial statement to Casino.org Monday, Sightline Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Carleton said that Everi’s response did non “substantively address” the lawsuit’s claims.

Sightline claims that Everi’s CashClub Wallet uses systems that tie non-wagering accounts with gaming environments, and set aside gaming systems to draw funding from those accounts. That is a resolution Sightline said is similar to the program it developed, based on engineering the company’s trinity cofounders patented.

When Everi announced its cashless gaming solution, Sightline said it tasked its rational property lawyers to brushup the competition’s offering. That’s when Sightline said the infringements were uncovered.

Carleton added that Everi indicates it can’t refute the claims. She also indicated that Sightline would counterbalance moving the case.

“Everi was ready to shop Sightline’s claims of letters patent infringement and commented that it would ‘vigorously defend’ against a suit that Everi characterized as ‘without merit,’” Carleton said. “Despite these statements, Everi’s motion instead suggests that its senior leaders was someway incognizant of the actions of its wholly-owned subsidiaries. We appear forward to farther discussing this pillow slip inward the Western District of Lone-Star State where thither is straighten out standing precondition Everi’s operations inward that jurisdiction.”

There is no more time frame for when US District Judge Alan D. Albright may decree on Everi’s motility or Sightline’s complaint.

NOTE – a previous variant of this clause misspelled Jennifer Carleton’s name. We apologize for the error.

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