Leading Patent Litigation Firm Retained to License USA Video Interactive Patent
Wednesday, 04 October 2000
Sullivan & Worcester LLP to Defend Landmark Internet Video and Video-on-Demand Patent

OCTOBER 4, 2000 - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- The internationally known law firm, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, has been retained by USA Video Interactive (OTCBB: USVO; CDNX: US; www.usvo.com) to protect the company's rights under its pioneering 1992 store-and-forward video patent and to explore licensing and other revenue-generating possibilities of the patent. Paul Gupta, a leading patent litigator, will defend USA Video Interactive's patent. "I reviewed the patent and claims of prior art and believe it is strong and eminently enforceable," said Gupta, who also serves on the Boards of four national e-commerce and computer technology publications. "I particularly look forward to defending Internet patents granted before 1995; that this patent was filed in 1990 and granted in 1992 is very exciting both for me and for USA Video Interactive. I am looking forward to bringing the company's shareholders tangible benefits from this pioneering and visionary patent."

"Creating broad market awareness of this patent and leveraging it for maximum benefit will reinforce our business plan, help build new alliances, and strengthen existing ones," said Edwin Molina, President and CEO of USA Video Interactive. "This patent clearly differentiates our media distribution solutions in a growing and increasingly competitive global market."

The patent for store-and-forward video, # 5,130,792, was filed in 1990 and issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 14, 1992; it is considered a pioneer patent in the field of video-on-demand and Internet video. It has been cited by 133 other patents. In 1999, USA Video Interactive was awarded similar patents in England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany; the company has patents pending in Canada and Japan.

About Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Sullivan & Worcester LLP is a firm of over 120 lawyers with offices in Boston, New York City and Washington, DC. Mr. Gupta is co-director of its Technology Law Group, which primarily represents software and hardware companies, as well as financial institutions, in connection with counseling and litigation matters. Such matters include: antitrust, electronic communication and commerce, insurance and intellectual property (including copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets). The firm's technology lawyers have helped to establish the legal principles in those areas, and continue to represent clients on leading matters. They also serve on national and local bar association committees, and lecture on new developments in technology law. Their work regularly appears in professional publications, and they are frequently quoted in the press. For more information, please visit www.sandw.com.

About USA Video Interactive
USA Video Interactive is an international designer and supplier of high-tech Internet streaming video and video-on-demand systems, services and innovative end-to-end solutions. The USA Video Interactive patented video technology gives users full-motion video; the flexibility of standard, VCR-like controls; and the convenience of a standard internet-browser format for access. It provides video images significantly faster and at a higher degree of resolution than with previously available methods; significantly overcomes bandwidth restrictions; and eliminates the blockiness and slowness of current technologies -- all at a lower cost and at or near broadcast quality. USA Video Interactive is nearing completion of a patented Wavelet compression technology that will further enhance the company's ability to deliver Internet video to home modem users and reduce storage and download-time requirements for all users, including those with broadband connections. For more information, please visit www.usvo.com.

USA Video Interactive Corporate Headquarters Office: 70 Essex Street; Mystic, CT 06355; (800) 625-2200; (860) 572-1560. Canada Office: 837 West Hastings Street; Suite #507; Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3N6. Trading symbol on the US OTCBB: USVO; Trading symbol on The Canadian Venture Exchange: US. Standard & Poors Listed. CUSIP 902924208; USA Video, USA Video Interactive, Video-On-Demand and Video Yellow Pages are trademarks of USA Video Interactive. The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. For more information contact: Tony Castagno, Media Relations, 860-572-1560; Kevin Yorio, Investor Relations, 860-572-1560; .

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ from those described.

CONTACT:
Atty. Paul Gupta
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
617-338-2482

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