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Mek Mi Rich Says It Didn’t Steal Intellectual Property
posted (February 18, 2015)

Last week, we told you how Dale Curtis Swasey sued BTL and the Mek Mi Rich Game show for intellectual property rights. He claims that as a Belizean entrepreneur, BTL broke a non-disclosure agreement and gave his idea of lottery texting to the owners of Mek Mi Rich.

Well, On Tuesday, February 17, the company sent out a release.

They said, quote, "MMR Belize Ltd. categorically denies all allegations of infringement upon intellectual property in a claim brought forth by Mr. Curtis Swasey. The allegations being made that MMR Belize Limited relied on the intellectual property or concepts of Mr. Swasey are completely false and baseless. On the 27th November, 2014 Curtis Swasey filed a claim against Belize Telemedia Limited, with MMR Belize Limited listed as a codefendant, for breach of confidence. MMR Belize Limited was alerted to the claim, however, was never served with a copy of the said claim

On the 9th February, 2015, MMR's application to strike out Mr. Swasey's claim was heard and the Supreme Court of Belize granted MMR's application additionally ordering Curtis Swasey to pay MMR Belize Limited $1,000.00 in legal fees. MMR Belize Limited sympathizes with Mr. Swasey's plight, however, his perception of the course of events do not justify his accusations as proven by the Supreme Court's ruling. Contrary to his attorney's statements, mobile text lottery has been in existence for years globally and no patent or trademark exists for any such platform." End Quote.

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