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Destiny Media Technologies, Inc. Company Responds to Defendant’s Press Release Vancouver B.C. – June 12, 2006 – Destiny Media Technologies (BB:DSNY.OB) is pleased to provide an update on the outstanding statement of claim against Musicrypt (MCT-TSX) which seeks a declaration that Canadian Patent No. 2,407,774 is invalid and that the Promo Only MPE™ system does not infringe. Destiny filed a statement of claim on March 7, 2006 in the Federal Court in Ottawa which sought a declaration that the Promo Only MPE™ system does not infringe and a declaration that the patent is invalid. On June 7, 2006, Destiny’s counsel received a statement of defence and counterclaim from the defendants. The statement of defence alleges that Destiny's system, the first version of which was released in 1999, infringes on a number of claims in Musicrypt's patent, which has a priority date of 2002. In particular, the statement of defence argues that even though the MPE(TM) system authenticates at the level of the machine, the additional optional use of user name and password provides a form of user based access control. Although this form of access control is not based on biometric keyboard cadence techniques, the statement of defence claims that it could be construed to be covered by certain claims in the patent. In addition, Musicrypt named Destiny and partners Promo Only in a
counterclaim, requesting specified damages or audited Canadian profits
from the Promo Only system as it expands into Canada. Destiny CEO Steve Vestergaard comments on the actions, “We are confident in our position and filed a statement of claim last March as we expect Canada to be an important market as demand continues to grow. We initiated this action to protect the rights of our customers in the Canadian market and welcome the earliest opportunity to have a judge make a ruling.” Documents associated with the case are available on Destiny’s
website at http://www.dsny.com/invalidity About Destiny Media Technologies For additional information contact:
"Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products and pricing, product demand and market acceptance, new product development, reliance on key strategic alliances, availability of raw materials, the regulatory environment, fluctuations in operating results and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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