NetRatings Reaches Fourth Settlement in Ongoing Patent Enforcement Program
04 July 2006 - 2:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NetRatings, Inc.
(NASDAQ:NTRT), a global leader in Internet media and market
research, today announced the settlement of its patent infringement
lawsuit against Unica Corporation and Unica's subsidiary Sane
Solutions, Inc., the fourth settlement reached in NetRatings'
ongoing patent enforcement program. "This lawsuit was one of the
five initial infringement actions filed by NetRatings in the spring
of 2005 as part of the launch of our patent enforcement program,"
said William Pulver, president and CEO, NetRatings. "We are very
pleased to now have patent licensing arrangements in place with
four of the five original defendants. We remain confident in the
strength of our patent portfolio, the progress of our other
infringement actions, and our overall strategy to protect our
intellectual property, including our case against Coremetrics which
is scheduled for trial in January 2007." NetRatings filed a patent
infringement lawsuit against Sane Solutions, LLC on June 22, 2005.
The complaint was amended to add Unica following its acquisition of
Sane in March 2006. Under the settlement, NetRatings has agreed to
dismiss all pending legal claims against Unica and has licensed to
Unica certain NetRatings patents related to the collection,
analysis and reporting of information concerning computer usage and
activity. Unica joins Omniture, Inc., SageMetrics, Corp. and Visual
Sciences LLC as a patent licensee under NetRatings' patent
enforcement program. About NetRatings NetRatings, Inc. delivers
leading Internet media and market research solutions, marketed
globally under the Nielsen//NetRatings brand. With high quality,
technology-driven products and services, Nielsen//NetRatings is the
global standard for Internet audience measurement and premier
source for online advertising intelligence, enabling clients to
make informed business decisions regarding their Internet and
digital strategies. The Nielsen//NetRatings portfolio includes
panel-based and site-centric Internet audience measurement
services, online advertising intelligence, user lifestyle and
demographic data, e-commerce and transaction metrics, and custom
data, research and analysis. For more information, please visit
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/ . Safe Harbor Statement This
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forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and
assumptions and involve a number of uncertainties and risks that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
currently expressed in any such forward-looking statements.
Information about potential factors that may affect NetRatings'
business and financial results is included in its annual report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2005 and its quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, under the
captions "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors That May
Affect Our Performance." Each of these documents is on file with
the SEC and is available free of charge. Readers of this press
release are referred to such filings. The forward-looking
statements herein speak only as of the date of this press release.
NetRatings does not undertake to update any forward- looking
statement that may be made from time to time by it or on behalf of
NetRatings. Contact: Susan Hickey NetRatings, Inc. 212-703-5909
DATASOURCE: NetRatings, Inc. CONTACT: Susan Hickey of NetRatings,
Inc., +1-212-703-5909, or Web site:
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/
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