Electronic ID service provider off the hook in patent infringement case

06.04.2010

On 10th February 2010 the Oslo District Court returned its judgment in a high-profile patent infringement and nullity case. Danish company Cryptomathic had brought a patent infringement action against Bankenes Betalingssentral (BBS) - one of the largest suppliers of electronic identification services in the Nordic region - potentially threatening to stop a substantial part of BBS’s services. BBS responded by, among other things, bringing a nullity action. The two cases were heard and decided in conjunction.

Read the article in IAM magazine here