Securus Technologies Hits Global Tel*Link Corp. With Patent Infringement Lawsuit

On August 2, 2013, Securus filed its lawsuit (complaint available here) in the Northern District of Texas. Securus claims that Global Tel*Link infringes U.S. Patent No. 7,899,167, entitled “Centralized call processing,” and U.S. Patent No. 7,860,222, entitled “Systems and methods for acquiring, accessing, and analyzing investigative information,” as well as two additional patents. Securus asserts that Global Tel*Link infringes the patents-in-suit “by making, using, selling, or offering to sell in the United States, without authority, products and services, including its inmate telephone system and inmate telephone services, and other inmate correctional facility related services, including, without limitation, telephone call processing, video visitation and investigative services, including, but not limited to, its Inmate Telephone System (ITS), GTL Lazernet Platform, Inmate Calling Manager (ICMv), Call IQ, and/or GTL Data IQ.”