Destiny Media Prevails in Litigation
VANCOUVER, March 15 /PRNewswire/ - Destiny Media Technologies, Inc. (TSX: DSY) (OTCBB: DSNY) is pleased to announce that it has prevailed in its patent litigation with a Canadian competitor.
On May 5, 2009, Yangaroo (TSX: YOO) had filed a complaint for patent infringement against Destiny, claiming that Destiny's Play MPE® secure distribution system infringed on their US patent number 7,529,712, issued the same day. On June 7, 2010, the Honorable William C. Griesbach ruled in Destiny's favor, directing the Clerk to dismiss Yangaroo's claim in its entirety. Yangaroo appealed this decision.
On March 10th, 2011 three circuit judges heard oral arguments in Washington DC and on March 14th, affirmed the original decision, dismissing the lawsuit in its entirety.
Company CEO, Steve Vestergaard comments "While we were always confident in our ultimate success, we are happy to put the expense and the time devoted to this vexatious litigation behind us. We believe this frivolous suit had no foundation but was intended to hinder our leading market position."
The Company also notes that it will be filing a motion for costs.
About Destiny Media Technologies
Destiny Media (http://www.dsny.com) is the developer of the Play MPE® system (http://www.plaympe.com) which the recording industry uses to securely distribute new pre-release music through the internet to trusted recipients such as radio, media and VIP's. Real time usage statistics are available at http://www.plaympe.com/v4/company/plaympestats.php and a product overview is available at http://www.dsny.com/pres/index.htm
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of this release.
SOURCE Destiny Media Technologies, Inc.
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