Optima Technology, an Irvine, California-based software company, announces the hiring of Bert C. Cozart, a highly rated business litigation attorney with a substantial track record in both corporate litigation and intellectual property licensing & administration.     The recent public offering of amnesty with regard to Optima's licensing program as it concerns their patent 5,666,531 has been an overwhelming success. Optima has been inundated with prospective new customers from Asia including Discovision/Pioneer. Mr. Cozart will be instrumental in implementing a fair, but strong licensing program protecting Optima's growing portfolio of intellectual property.

In November 2004 Optima obtained a favorable ruling in their Markman hearing against Roxio/Napster. Roxio has since disregarded the court's ruling and Optima will now pursue the defendants to trial and request royalties and attorneys' fees. The CEO of Optima, Robert Adams, said that, 'We have always been confident in the soundness of our case and now, with Mr. Cozart as part of our corporate team, we intend to utilize his expertise in growing Optima's licensing programs."

Mr. Cozart remarked that, 'Optima has a solid infringement case that they will win with the addition of the new Intellectual Property attorneys. Optima has also demanded that the Patent and Trademark Office invalidate the Roxio patents because the Roxio patent 6,226,241 specification, which is the same as the 6,091,686 specification, no longer supports the 6,226,241 claims to a system which forms the Directory Structure after each file is added to the disc, storing this Directory on the host system. It is not sufficient to invalidate 6,226,241 solely on using 5,666,531 as prior art. It must also be invalidated because the specifications no longer support the claims. Roxio changed them only in an outrageous attempt to take advantage of the early filing date."

Founded in Irvine, California in 1990, Optima is a worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software or hardware -- any time, any place and/or on any device.

Source: PRWeb