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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