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It may have been over a year since the last major announcement in the case between Bodog and 1st Technology, but the case has been moving along steadily even without the media attention. And the result of this major case that shook the online casino gambling industry and also called into question the power of the US government, has been really surprising to most within the industry. 1st Technology’s CEO, Scott Lewis has adamantly asserted his company’s right to uphold a patent related to remote gambling and the implementation of these online casino gambling services.

The former founder and CEO of the US facing Bodog Group very publicly denounced these claims and has consistently asserted his right to use the technology without licensing it from 1st Technology. The case got really ugly since Bodog was not able to show up in court as a result of the US restrictions and blocks on offshore online casinos. In more recent weeks though, the courts indicated that 1st Technology had passed the validity tests and the patent will hold. Bodog still asserts that the technology in question is not actually patenable, but the courts and 1st Technology, and the patent authorities seem to feel differently on the situation, meaning that the Bodog online gambling group could be in hot water soon.

Now that the patent has been upheld by the US courts, Bodog is just one of the many online casino gambling groups that are going to have to contend with patent infringement lawsuits in the very near future. All of the defendant companies claim the technology is not able to have a patent, but it’s just not going to hold up in the courts unfortunately.