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): March 13, 2013 |
Smartmetric, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 000-54853 (Commission File Number) | 05-0543557 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
101 Convention Center Drive Las Vegas, NV 89109 (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 March 13, 2013, Smartmetric, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release describing the partial summary judgment motion filed in the United States District Court, Central District of California (the “Court”), Case No. 11-CV-7126 MWF (AJWx), in connection with the litigation against Mastercard International, Inc. (“MasterCard”) and Visa, Inc. (“Visa” and collectively with Mastercard, the “Defendants”) which alleges patent infringement by the Defendants on the Company’s patent, U.S. Patent 6,792,464 (the “ ‘464 Patent”). A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated March 13, 2013. |
| 99.2 | Memorandum in Support of Smartmetric’s Partial Summary Judgment Motion, as filed with the United States District Court, Central District of California on March 1, 2013 |
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: March 14, 2013 | SMARTMETRIC, INC. | |
| By: /s/ C. Hendrick | ||
| Name: C. Hendrick | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |