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Amino Rejects Patent Infringement Claims in Germany



    Amino, the world leading IPTV platform supplier, today announced
    that it rejects the claim that it has infringed patents relating to
    the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard and that it has not been
    served with any patent enforcement actions.

    In cooperation with its suppliers as appropriate, Amino will
    vigorously defend itself. Amino will also seek an award of its
    attorney´s fees in defending itself and for damages to its reputation.

    Amino asserts that those parties threatening to issue enforcement
    actions have no legal right to remove Amino products containing MPEG-2
    technologies from sale, or to receive any damages or other recovery
    from Amino or any person purchasing Amino´s products.

    "Since 2005, we have tried to reconcile agreements with our
    suppliers and MPEG LA. We treat this matter and our obligations on
    third party IPR very seriously. Amino has numerous third party
    licenses, including licenses with MPEG LA, and together with our
    suppliers we continue to press MPEG LA to resolve the matter at the
    earliest opportunity.", said Bob Giddy, CEO, Amino.

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    About Amino Communications

    Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET(TM)
    series of set-top boxes (STBs), renowned for their low-cost and
    reliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators´
    capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification
    required; MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding standards, standard and high
    definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The high
    performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino´s set-top
    boxes, has brought the series industry accolades and the company a
    leading position within the IPTV market.

    The AmiNET series of IPTV STBs has been used in commercial
    deployments and trials in over 80 countries worldwide. Amino´s
    principal customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality
    service operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the
    IntAct(TM) IPTV software stack pre-loaded.

    Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino
    Technologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO.
    Amino´s HQ is based near Cambridge, UK, with offices worldwide.