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Article: Federal Court Grants Heartland Payment Systems' Application for an Order to Show Cause Against VeriFone.
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- November 11, 2009
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- On Monday, the New Jersey Federal Court granted Heartland Payment Systems' application for an order to show cause against VeriFone Holdings Inc. The return date for an expedited hearing on Heartland's injunction on its Lanham Act false-advertising claims was set for December 7, 2009. No motion to transfer these claims to the Northern District of California as requested by VeriFone was granted at the hearing. In addition, VeriFone took down the website that was using the Heartland name to lure Heartland customers.
The need for the court hearing resulted from the public relations attack VeriFone launched against Heartland last week claiming ...