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by Steven D. Jones – The Wall Street Journal A day after buying digital signature company EchoSign, Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) has been sued in federal court in Texas for patent infringement connected with the acquisition.

by Maureen O’Gara – SYS-CON On Monday Adobe said that it had acquired EchoSign, a start-up in the electronic signatures business. Price wasn’t disclosed but the outfit had raised at least $8.5 million from the venture capitalists.

by John Ribeiro – Computerworld IDG News Service — Adobe Systems (ADBE) and EchoSign, the electronic signatures company it acquired Monday, were sued on Tuesday by RPost, another electronic signature services company, for alleged infringement of five of its patents relating to electronic signature services.

RPost Sues Adobe for Patent Infringement of RPost-Pioneered Technology for Electronic Signature Services that Adobe Now Employs Through its EchoSign Acquisition

by John Ribeiro – CIO IDG News Service — Adobe Systems (ADBE) and EchoSign, the electronic signatures company it acquired Monday, were sued on Tuesday by RPost, another electronic signature services company, for alleged infringement of five of its patents relating to electronic signature services.

by Darryl K. Taft – eWeek RPost, a maker of electronic signature technology, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Adobe Systems for the technology Adobe acquired in buying EchoSign.

by Josh Lowensohn – cnet The day after acquiring EchoSign for its electronic signature technology, Adobe Systems and EchoSign are being sued by a company that claims EchoSign’s technology infringes on five of its patents.

by Tony Bradley – PC World Adobe moved to bring digital document signing into the mainstream with the purchase of EchoSign. The EchoSign acquisition comes with some additional baggage as well, though, in the form of a patent infringement lawsuit from RPost.

by Robin Wauters – TechCrunch The ink on the acquisition agreement documents signed – perhaps electronically – by Adobe and e-signature technology company EchoSign hasn’t even dried yet, and already dark clouds appear on the horizon.

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