Patent trolls in Piney Woods Make Mischief for Innovators Everywhere

London, 9 November 2011 -- Texas courts allow companies with catch-all patents to sue high-tech firms in UK and rest of the world The small town of Marshall (population: less than 25,000) in the east Texas part of the Piney Woods forest – famous for wild hog hunting – is the self-proclaimed "Pottery Capital of the World". More recently, however, it has become best known for lawsuits brought by "patent trolls" – companies that apply for or buy up catch-all patents (often from companies forced to liquidate their assets), hunt down other companies with patents that may have a degree of crossover with theirs – and then sue.

Serverside Group Grants Card Customization License To Florida-Based Cuso, United Solutions Company

London, 24 October 2011 -– Global card customization specialist, Serverside Group, today announced the granting of a license of its US card customization patents to Florida-based Credit Union Services Organization, United Solutions Company (USC), and the release of USC from the suit brought against it (and other parties) by Serverside in Delaware.

The license will cover all of USC's existing customers and any future card customization programs with credit unions. USC can now move forward with the peace of mind that the service it is offering benefits from a license of Serverside's patents, providing a robust commercial platform from which it can build and consolidate its market position.

Member Access Pacific Offers ‘Design A Card’ Platform to Credit Unions in Partnership with Serverside Group

London, 14 September 2011 -- Member Access Pacific (MAP), a US-based card processing aggregator of the Visa Debit Processing Service platform for credit unions, has launched a state-of-the-art card personalization platform for credit unions, branded ‘Design A Card’.

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TruMark Financial^® Credit Union Offers Serverside Group-powered Card Customization Program, 'Customize My Card'

London, 29 August 2011 – Pennsylvania-based TruMark Financial Credit Union has launched a card customization service, 'Customize My Card', powered by the patent-protected technology of Serverside Group.

For more information on the design-your-own card program, which is available on TruMark Financial Credit Union's debit and Platinum Visa credit cards, visit https://www.trumarkonline.org/self-serve/customize-my-card.aspx.

TruMark Financial has marketed the card program in a number of different ways, from newsletters and on-hold messages to email campaigns, buck slips and activity on Twitter and Facebook.

Cardholders without images of their own can choose to upload one from a number of galleries provided by TruMark Financial, including animals, sports and scenic. The credit union is not charging cardholders for the service.

StellarOne Bank Launches One of a Kind Debit Card Program

London, 9 August 2011 – Virginia-based bank, StellarOne, has launched a card customization service powered by global technology provider, Serverside Group. The card program, which went live on Valentine’s Day, February 14 2011, has been branded ‘One of a Kind Cards’. For more information, visit www.stellarone.com.

Serverside Granted Two Patents by Australian Patent Office

London, 26 July 2011 - Serverside Group, the company that pioneered card customization, has been granted two further patents by the Australian Patent Office. The two patents, No. 2009200590 and No. 2009200591, concern Serverside’s core payment card customization technology. They were granted on July 21st 2011.

Serverside Patent Triumphs in European Patent Opposition Proceedings

London, 7 July 2011 - Serverside Group Limited announced today that its card customisation patent, No. EP1602072, which had been subject to a challenge in opposition proceedings, has been maintained without amendments to the claims in an oral hearing by the European Patent Office. A written decision is expected imminently.

Bank of Georgia launches with Serverside

London, 29 June 2011 -- Georgians simply Love their Cards as Bank of Georgia Launches Serverside-powered Card Customisation Program.

Serverside Group Initiates Patent Litigation Against 15 Defendants

London, 23rd June 2011 – Global technology vendor Serverside Group today announced that it has commenced a patent infringement suit in United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Serverside’s complaint alleges that 15 parties are infringing Serverside’s U.S. patent right as to financial transaction card customization technology.

Stockholm Public Transport Deploys Gemalto End-to-End Solution for World's First Customized Travel Card

Amsterdam, May 10, 2011 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Stockholm Public Transport (“Storstockholms Lokaltrafik”, SL) is deploying AllAboutMe, a turnkey solution to design customized travel cards online.

Serverside Group offers PCI DSS-compliant Zero Integration

London, 18 April 2011 – Global technology vendor, Serverside Group, is now offering issuers around the world a new low cost, hassle-free way to run card customization programs.

Serverside Upgrades Image Checking Service

London, 13 April, 2011 -- ImageValidator, an optional upgrade, is Serverside's new premium image checking tool that enables issuers to achieve greater certainty about the origin or appropriateness of an image in much less time.