SmartMetric to Seek Injunctive Relief Against Visa & MasterCard

BAY HARBOR, FL--(Marketwire - Aug 29, 2011) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCBB: SMME) CEO & President C. Hendrick today announced SmartMetric will be filing suit against Visa and MasterCard for Patent infringement of its U. S. PATENT 6,792,464

Details of the Patent infringement alleged by SmartMetric will be detailed in its complaint and information provided by the company to the market.

The company will be seeking "A PRELIMINARY AND A PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST EACH DEFENDANT, PROHIBITING EACH OF THEM FROM FURTHER INFRINGEMENT OF THE '464 PATENT."

About the SmartMetric:
The SmartMetric, Biometric Card Computer provides powerful computing with large memory capacity in a revolutionary size that has taken more than 10 years of research and development. Using the latest in sub micro technology electronics, the company has achieved a level of miniaturization that allows it to release a solution of portable computing power that combined with SmartMetric's biometric fingerprint in-card scanning technology, is so revolutionary it will change the way business is done and information is handled across a broad range of industries.

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