FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, October 1, 2007

Widevine® Reaffirms Verimatrix Patent Infringement Is About Conditional Access & DRM

Verimatrix VCAS is in violation of Widevine patent portfolio

SEATTLE, WA, October 1, 2007 – Widevine® Technologies, the leading provider of downloadable conditional access (DCAS), digital rights management and digital copy protection for over 125 video operators worldwide, today reaffirmed that the focus of its patent lawsuit concerns Verimatrix’s VCAS product—not forensic watermarking. The lawsuit follows attempts by Widevine to openly license its intellectual property to Verimatrix.

Specifically, Verimatrix’s content security product, such as the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS), infringes on Widevine’s Apparatus, System and Method for Selectively Encrypting Different Portions of Data Sent Over A Network patent number 7,165,175. Verimatrix continues to sell its VCAS product which practices Widevine’s selective encryption patent.

“Widevine reaffirms that this patent infringement lawsuit is specific to Verimatrix’s conditional access and DRM product which practices selective encryption—a key feature for efficient and cost effective secure video distribution,” said Mani Aliabadi, Widevine Technologies’ General Counsel. "It has nothing to do with watermarking, fingerprinting or Digimarc—contrary to recent public statements made by Verimatrix. Widevine is confident that the evidence will demonstrate infringement by Verimatrix's VCAS product and expects a prompt resolution of the suit, including an injunction and an award of Widevine's lost profits. Damages could be increased by up to three times because of Verimatrix's prior knowledge of Widevine's intellectual property."

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. Its patents cover content security for video delivery to multiple devices, in multiple formats on multiple platforms with unique selective encryption capabilities and forensic watermarking solutions that have been developed using open standards and interfaces.

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, Widevine invented downloadable, renewable client security with the Widevine 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, USA, 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:
Eric Moser
Ruder Finn Chicago (for Widevine Technologies)
+1 312 329 3908
mosere@ruderfinn.com

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