FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Widevine Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Verimatrix
SEATTLE, WA, August 2, 2007 –Widevine today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Verimatrix for unspecified damages. The lawsuit comes following attempts by Widevine to openly license its intellectual property to Verimatrix. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Widevine has important intellectual property in the field of content protection with a robust patent portfolio of 8 issued patents and approximately 45 domestic and international patents pending.
In general, Widevine’s 7,165,175 patent describes and claims methods and systems for selectively encrypting different portions of data sent over a network. Specifically, Verimatrix’s content security solutions, such as the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS), infringe on Widevine’s Apparatus, System and Method for Selectively Encrypting Different Portions of Data Sent Over A Network patent number 7,165,175. Verimatrix’s VCAS solutions—which have been sold throughout the world—practice Widevine’s selective encryption patent.
Moreover, Widevine alleges that Verimatrix has willfully infringed and continues to willfully infringe Widevine's patent rights. Widevine previously provided Verimatrix with the opportunity to openly license the selective encryption patent. Verimatrix has not responded to the open licensing opportunity.
"Widevine is a leading global creator of intellectual property innovations to protect multimedia content delivered over managed networks and the open internet. Widevine’s intellectual property is one of our core assets and represents the work product of our engineers and millions of dollars of research and development. When our intellectual property is taken, without our permission or through unauthorized licensing, we have no option but to protect it through every means available to us,” said Widevine Technologies’ General Counsel Mani Aliabadi.
Widevine will be represented by Darby and Darby, a globally recognized law firm specializing in intellectual property rights, with offices in New York, Seattle, Washington, D.C., San Jose and Frankfurt.
About Widevine Technologies, Inc.
Widevine is the leading provider of downloadable content protection and forensic solutions for video operators worldwide. Widevine enables telco, internet, mobile, cable and satellite service operators to generate new revenue opportunities through the secure distribution, identification and tracking of multimedia content.
Utilizing a combination of downloadable conditional access, digital rights management and digital copy protection techniques, Widevine enables operators to acquire and distribute premium studio content and, through unique patented technologies, reduce video related capital and operational expenditures. An innovator in the industry and holder of eight patents, Widevine invented renewable client security with the Cypher Virtual SmartCard™—which today protects more IP video set top boxes, personal video recorders, PCs, portable media players and mobile devices in the industry than any other vendor.
Widevine’s intellectual property portfolio now comprises eight issued patents, with approximately 281 claims. Widevine has more than 45 other patents pending in the USPTO and international pipelines. Widevine’s patents cover content security for video delivery to multiple devices, in multiple formats on multiple platforms.
Widevine is a privately held corporation headquartered in Seattle, WA, funded by Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Charter Ventures, Constellation Ventures, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd (DNP), PaceSetter Capital Group, Phoenix Partners, TELUS (NYSE: TU) and VantagePoint Venture Partners.
Contact:
Mani Aliabadi
General Counsel
Widevine Technologies
+1 206 254 3141 (office)
maliabadi@widevine.com
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