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Located in Greenwich, Conn., Presstek announced the International Trade Commission has determined that VIM Technologies, Ltd. has violated U.S. Federal law by importing into the United States printing plates that infringe upon patents owned by Presstek. In its finding, the commission affirmed the July 24 decision of Administrative Law Judge E. James Gildea, who ruled that Presstek’s patents for its printing plate technology are valid and enforceable and that VIM has been infringing Presstek’s legally protected rights by importing and selling these plates illegally in the United States. The company expects the commission to ban importation of VIM’s illegal printing plates into the United States. Further, the company is seeking an order requiring destruction of all illegal plates in the United States.

Headquartered in Greenwich, Conn., Workflow Management signed a share purchase agreement to sell 100 percent of the outstanding stock of Relizon Canada to The DATA Group Income Fund—a provider of document management solutions with 25 facilities throughout Canada. Completion of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the approval of Canada’s Competition Bureau. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of this year. Workflow Management acquired its interest in Relizon Canada in Nov. 2005, when it purchased The Relizon Company from The Carlyle Group. Workflow Management subsequently merged the U.S. assets of Relizon into its

The many diverse needs of the health-care industry continue to create lucrative selling opportunities for distributors. This month’s mystery product feature is a solution designed to combat major challenges for the market—fraud and prescription drug abuse. For distributors currently serving the health-care market and those looking to break into it, the side effects of offering the value-added product include strong customer loyalty and enhanced account security. Use the following clues to try to guess what the product is: • It involves validating physicians’ license numbers. • It utilizes built-in security features customized to meet each states’ compliance requirements. • It takes the pain out of

Workflow Management, Greenwich, Conn. welcomed Scott Seymour to its management team where he will serve as general counsel. In his new role, Seymour will be responsible for all legal activities for Workflow Management and its subsidiaries, including WorkflowOne, Relizon Canada, United Envelope and Freedom Graphic Services. He will retain and manage outside counsel, sales and vendor contracts, support of mergers and acquisitions and assist with lease negotiations. Previously, Seymour was a partner with Virginia-based law firm, Kaufman & Canoles, PC, where his practice concentrated on commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, commercial financing arrangements and negotiation of customer and supply chain

Headquartered in Greenwich, Conn., WorkflowOne received a print fulfillment, business communications and Web services contract for Rita’s Water Ice franchise, a 350-unit, Pennsylvania-based Italian-ice franchise operating in 12 states. Rita’s Water Ice re-launched its online merchandise store powered by WorkflowOne, which will also provide management of brand-related promotional materials for stores, and deploy a Web-based ordering and fulfillment system covering everything from uniforms to signage. The first Rita’s Water Ice store opened in 1984, and the organization plans to have 1,500 locations by 2010. WorkflowOne purchased Relizon in November. The newly-expanded company was projected to have an annual revenue in excess of $1.2

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