Update: USVO's Cable Companies Lawsuit
Monday, 10 December 2007

USA Video Technology Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of USA Video Interactive Corp. (“USVO”) (OTCBB: USVO; TSX: US; BSE/Frankfurt: USF), was dealt a loss in its video-on-demand (VOD) patent lawsuit against three major cable television companies yesterday, December 10, when Judge Ron Clark of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas rendered summary judgment of non-infringement against USA Video and in favor of the defendants, Time Warner Cable, Inc., Charter Communications, Inc., and Comcast Cable Communications, LLC.  Judge Clark held that the defendants' accused cable VOD systems did not infringe the patent-in-suit because he concluded that the video transmission time in the accused systems was the same as the actual video viewing time, whereas the patent described video transmission in less time than is required to view the programs in real time.  The company is disappointed with this result and is considering its further options in the matter.
 
About USVO:
USA Video Interactive Corp. (“USVO”) designs and markets technology for delivery of digital media. USVO developed its MediaEscort™, MediaSentinel™ and SmartMark™ digital watermarking technology to provide a robust means for producers and distributors to invisibly protect their content. USA Video Technology Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of USVO, holds the pioneering patent for store-and-forward video, filed in 1990 and issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 14, 1992; it has been cited by at least 206 other patents. USVO holds similar patents in Germany, Canada, England, France, Spain, Italy, and Japan. For more information, visit www.usvo.com.

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