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Bally and IGT patent spat concludes
A federal district court has issued summary judgment rulings that products in Bally's Power Bonusing Suite, in particular Power Promotions, Power Bank, and SDS/CMP Power Winners, don't infringe IGT patents.
The Court also found that Bally's ACSC Power Winners and ACSC Power Rewards products infringe some asserted patent claims, but do not infringe others.
"For the two products partially in question, the Company has undertaken technical changes to ensure non-infringement," said Ramesh Srinivasan, Executive Vice President of Bally Systems.
In the litigation, IGT originally claimed Bally's products infringed some 200 patent claims, but following patent re-examination proceedings and case-related actions, all but eight of the claims were withdrawn.
"The decision, as well as victories for Bally in other recent patent cases with IGT involving table games, wheel games, and iVIEW technology, continues to validate Bally's intellectual property strategies," the company said in a statement on the court ruling.
