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First Technology Wins Again

The ongoing saga between Bodog Entertainment and First Technology is a clear indication for others in the industry that the US courts are not favorable to the online casinos when processing a default judgment on an issue. The Bodog case has its roots sunk in deep over the past year or so as the two companies mentioned were embroiled in a quite nasty patent dispute.

Bodog and any representatives from Bodog failed to appear in the courts for the first court dispute and the courts subsequently ruled in favor of First Technology and issued a whopping $48 million default judgment in the case. Bodog’s then CEO, Calvin Ayre, made some veiled threats to the CEO of First Technology and has blatantly refused to pay up the default judgment. The situation got a whole lot nastier last year once a Washington enforcement court authorized First Technology to seize the domain name of the online casino gambling site as a way to recoup payment.

The move took Bodog by surprise and cost the company some restructuring money, but in the end, did not even remotely put the company out of business. In more recent months, Bodog filed an appeal in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals – and the appeal was denied. This leaves the online casino poker gambling site with few further recourses for action – expect of course the company could pay up for the patent infringement…not very likely though. With the failed appeal, First Technology CEO Scott Lewis gloated just a bit about the company’s now more than $50 million in default fines because of the patent infringement.