Shuffle
Master Obtains Temporary Restraining Order
Shuffle Master, Inc.
(NASDAQ National Market: SHFL) announced today
that the United States District Court for the
Federal District of Nevada yesterday issued
a temporary restraining order against Ya Ya
Awada and Gaming Entertainment, Inc. in Shuffle
Master's trademark/trade dress infringement
lawsuit filed against defendants' Play Four
Poker game and its layout. The temporary restraining
order prohibits the defendants' from displaying
or advertising the infringing layout.
The court ordered a preliminary injunction
hearing for October 17, 2005.
Shuffle Master, Inc. is a gaming supply company
specializing in providing its casino customers
Utility Products, including automatic card shufflers,
intelligent table systems, and roulette chip
sorters, to improve their profitability, productivity
and security, and Entertainment Products, including
proprietary table games and Table Master(TM)
games to expand their gaming entertainment content.
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