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Serverside Group Granted European Patent on Core Card Customisation Architecture



    Global technology provider, Serverside Group, today announced that
    the European Patent Office has allowed a European patent directed to
    its core card customisation architecture.

    The patent grant was officially published on 26 September 2007
    under European Patent Number 1602072. The application leading to this
    patent defined the first of three inventions derived from the original
    word-wide patent family, which itself is one of a number of world-wide
    patent families applied for in recent years to cover the design,
    marketing and production of customised financial transaction cards.
    The accompanying image (with re-branded MyBank logo) corresponds to a
    drawing in the granted patent and indicates the type of image
    manipulation tool protected.

    The European patent significantly enhances Serverside's
    competitive position and confirms it as the leading innovator in the
    card customisation space. With immediate effect, Serverside will be
    actively seeking licensees to work with on appropriate commercial
    terms. It will also continue to pursue its growing portfolio of
    international patent rights.

    James Pendley, CEO, Serverside Group, commented:

    "Being granted the European patent is wonderful news for
    Serverside. Given our level of innovation, we have always felt it
    important to invest in our IP and the decision of the European Patent
    Office, the first to consider this application, to grant in our
    favour, clearly justifies our strategy. The European Patent Office is
    not the easiest of offices and we expect other territories to follow
    suit. Of course, while it's a great result, we still have work to do
    and will now be focusing our attention on the remainder of our patent
    applications."

    About Serverside

    Founded in 2003, Serverside Group is the global technology leader
    in digital card design and a provider of innovative software solutions
    for issuers, personalisation bureaus and card manufacturers. The
    company's two flagship products are AllAboutMe, a web-based
    application that allows cardholders to design their own unique payment
    card online, and Virtual Portfolio, a web-based management tool
    enabling issuers to rapidly launch card campaigns of any size, adjust
    them in real time and print cards on demand. Serverside currently has
    52 signed clients in 19 countries covering more than 200 card programs
    globally.

    Serverside Group is headquartered in London and has offices in
    Taipei, New York, Chicago and Auckland, New Zealand. The company has
    strategic alliances with Visa and Datacard Group. For more information
    and to see a live card demonstration, visit www.serversidegroup.com.