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.
