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Cricket Communications Wins Trademark Infringement Case against GSM Cellular

^{Published on 2010-06-02 19:00:04 - Market Wire}
 

SAN DIEGO--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), today announced that the Company has been awarded summary judgment, a permanent injunction and nearly $78,000 in attorneysa™ fees in a trademark infringement case, putting an end to a lawsuit filed by Cricket against Arizona-based GSM Cellular in 2008.

GSM Cellular took numerous actions to mislead consumers that its retail cellular stores were affiliated with Cricket, including naming its business Kricket, and prominently displaying the Cricket trademark and logo on signs, banners, posters, retail displays and store vehicles. Additionally, GSM Cellular engaged in the illicit sale and distribution of Cricket wireless products, initiated unauthorized activation of phones on the Cricket wireless network and fraudulently accepted payments intended to compensate Cricket for providing wireless communications services.

Prior to filing the lawsuit, Cricket repeatedly placed GSM Cellular on notice that its actions violated Cricketa™s intellectual property rights. Cricketa™s legal counsel issued multiple letters to GSM Cellular attempting to resolve the dispute, all to no avail.

Cricketa™s legal counsel was Lisa Martens and Andrew Abrams of Fish & Richardson in San Diego, California and Shane Olafson with Phoenix-based Lewis and Roca LLP.

About Cricket

Cricket is the pioneer of simple and affordable unlimited wireless services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required serving more than 5.4 million customers in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Cricket offers wireless voice and broadband Internet services over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital 3G CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Cricketa™s nationwide wireless voice service plans include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance, as well as a variety of calling features and feature-rich mobile applications such as popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. Cricket Broadband provides unlimited Internet access anywhere within Cricketa™s coverage areas at speeds comparable to DSL. For more information on Cricket, visit [ www.mycricket.com ]. Cricket is offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit [ www.leapwireless.com ].