LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- j2 Global Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: JCOM), the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services, today announced that it has filed patent-infringement lawsuits against Easytel, Inc., Mijanda, Inc. (Canton, Mich.) and Protus IP Solutions (Ottawa, Canada).

j2 Global is seeking remedies in the form of monetary damages for past infringement, as well as injunctive relief prohibiting the companies named above from continuing to infringe the patent or patents in suit.

j2 Global owns more than 23 issued U.S. and foreign patents, and has numerous pending patent applications. These patents and patent applications relate to various innovations in the fields of unified communications, multimedia messaging, Internet fax and voice messaging, and document management.

"j2 Global relies on its proprietary, patented technologies to provide customers with value-added communications services, such as our eFax(R) outsourced fax-to-email solution," said Hemi Zucker, co-president of j2 Global. "These lawsuits emphasize our continued commitment to protect this valuable intellectual property from illegal use."