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Mars sues JCM for patent infringement

June 22, 2005

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - MEI announced in a June 23 news release that its parent company, Mars Inc., filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Jersey against Japan Cash Machine Co. Ltd. and its subsidiary, JCM American Corp., alleging infringement of the company's protected rights to several inventions.

The complaint states that the JCM Universal Bill Acceptor series infringes at least two patents that cover the MEI Cashflow SC bill acceptor and other MEI currency validation products.

U.S. patent laws allow the owner of a patent to stop the manufacture, importation, sale and/or use of products in the United States that are found to infringe, and the action against JCM seeks that type of specific relief.