[Random-bits] Pitney Bowes Sues Stamps.com

[James Love]

  Pitney Bowes Sues Stamps.com 
  Tuesday, September 19, 2000 
 Byline: Bloomberg News 
                                                                           
Pitney Bowes Inc. said it filed a lawsuit against rival Stamps.com Inc.
for infringing four patents on processes that let consumers track and
compare shipping-rate information using the Internet. Pitney, the
largest maker of postage meters, filed the suit in the U.S. District
Court in the Eastern District of Texas. The companies each sell postage
services online, including the ability to compare rates for different
freight carriers and to track packages and parcels. Stamps.com called
the lawsuit "baseles


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