UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2010 |
Smartmetric, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 333-118801 (Commission File Number) | 05-0543557 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
1150 Kane Concourse, Suite 400 Bay Harbor Islands, FL 33154 (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code) | ||||
(305) 495-7190 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) | ||||
| Not Applicable | ||||
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) | ||||
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 27, 2010, Smartmetric, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a second amended complaint (the “Amended Complaint”) in the United States District Court, Central District of California (the “Court”), Case No. 2:10-cv-01864, against MasterCard, Inc. and Visa, Inc. (collectively, the “Defendants”) alleging patent infringement on the Company’s patent, U.S. Patent 6,792,464 (the “’464 Patent”). On August 12, 2010, Defendants filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss the Company’s Amended Complaint. On September 16, 2010, the Court denied Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Order Denying Defandants’ Motion to Dismiss, filed September 17, 2010 in the United States District Court, Central District of California. |
| 99.2 | Scheduling Order for Rule 26 Joint Report Deadline filed September 17, 2010 in the United States District Court, Central District of California. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: September 21, 2010 | SMARTMETRIC, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Colin Hendrick | ||
| Name: | Colin Hendrick | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
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