Securus Successfully Defends United States Patent Before Patent Trial and Appeal Board

DALLAS, Dec. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologies, a leading provider of civil and criminal justice technology solutions for public safety, investigation, corrections and monitoring, announced today that it has received a significant win from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) related to a patent invalidation filing by Global Tel*Link (GTL). Despite GTL's contentions that this patent should be totally invalidated, the court sided with Securus on many significant elements of the Video Patent.

Summary of Video Patent:

• U. S. Patent No. 8,929,525 – On-Demand Video Communication for Controlled-Environment Facility Residents: This patent relates to on-demand video communications for controlled-environment facility residents, such as prisoners. Either party (resident or Friend/Family) may offer/accept conversion of a voice call to video communication.

"We were pleased that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board viewed these key elements/claims as being valid and they ruled in Securus' favor," said Richard A. Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Securus Technologies.

"Ultimately, we enjoy significant advantages over GTL in Issued Patents, Pending Patents, In-Force Patents, and our Patent Win-Loss Record – and we have license agreements with most significant carriers in our sector including two (2) previous license agreements that GTL had with Securus over a ten (10) year period," said Smith. "This advantage is material and will last for the foreseeable future given our acquisitions and advanced development efforts. The "Patent Related Metrics" that I referred to are provided below in this Press Release."

"GTL has filed twenty three (23) patent invalidations against Securus and has only been successful on invalidating four (4) patents to date. My estimate is that they have spent over $20 million in that effort – so not a very good return on that money for them," said Smith. "At that rate, they will have to spend in excess of $200 million attempting to invalidate all of our patents – and that effort clearly will not be successful – but I encourage them to try. A more prudent approach would be to have a license agreement with Securus – from my perspective that is the best business case for them with the highest NPV (Net Present Value). I expect that this IPR invalidation process will continue for a long time – 5 to 10 years, and I am prepared to stick with it and expect to eventually prevail."

ABOUT SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and serving more than 3,450 public safety, law enforcement and corrections agencies and over 1,200,000 inmates across North America, Securus Technologies is committed to serve and connect by providing emergency response, incident management, public information, investigation, biometric analysis, communication, information management, inmate self-service, and monitoring products and services in order to make our world a safer place to live.  Securus Technologies focuses on connecting what matters^®.  To learn more about our full suite of civil and criminal justice technology solutions, please visit SecurusTechnologies.com.

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