Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and T-Mobile USA Settle Patent Lawsuit...

Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and T-Mobile USA Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter Into License Agreement

LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., headquartered in Los
Angeles, and T-Mobile USA, Inc., a leading national provider of
wireless products and services, headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.,
announced today the settlement of patent litigation between the
parties. As part of the settlement, T-Mobile USA has agreed to pay an
undisclosed sum for a nonexclusive license under a comprehensive
portfolio of patents that Katz owns relating to interactive voice
applications.

The nonexclusive license covers services offered by T-Mobile USA
and its United States Affiliates in the wireless field, including
customer service provided via automated systems and live agents. Other
terms of the license were not disclosed.

The patents held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P.
cover a wide range of interactive technology including automated forms
of: customer service, prescription refill services, securities
trading, merchandising, prepaid services, telephone conferences,
registration, home shopping, as well as functions involved in securing
information from databases by telephone, interactive cable
transactions, and various other uses of toll free and local numbers.

Ronald A. Katz stated, "We welcome T-Mobile USA to the large group
of telecommunications companies who have purchased license rights
under this portfolio."

There are over 200 companies with license rights under this
portfolio, including over 25 energy and utility companies. Companies
with license rights under this portfolio include: Advanta Corp.,
Alltel Corporation, American Century, American Express, Atmos Energy
Corporation, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., AT&T Inc., Avon
Products, Inc., Bank of America Corporation, BB&T Corporation, Capital
One Services Inc., Certegy Inc., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Countrywide
Financial Corporation, Dell Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., Discover
Financial Services, Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., Equifax Inc., Express
Scripts, First Data Corporation, The Gallup Organization,
Hewlett-Packard Company, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Home Shopping
Network Inc., Household International, Inc., HSBC Bank USA, ING North
America Insurance Corp., International Business Machines (IBM),
KeyCorp, LaSalle Bank Corporation, Leap Wireless International, Inc.,
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, MCI Inc., Mellon
Financial Corporation, Merck & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Metris
Companies Inc., Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Nationwide, New York Life
Insurance Company, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., People's Bank, The PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc., Principal Financial Group, Inc.,
Prudential Financial, Inc., Qwest Communications International Inc.,
QVC, Inc., Regions Financial Corporation, Safeway Inc., Sears, Roebuck
and Co., Sprint Corporation, SouthTrust Bank, Sunoco, Inc., SUPERVALU
INC., TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, T. Rowe Price Associates,
Inc., United Air Lines, Inc., The Vanguard Group, Inc., Verizon
California Inc. and its affiliates, Wachovia Corporation, Walgreen
Co., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, WellPoint, Inc., Wells Fargo & Company,
West Corporation and Zions Bancorporation.

Mr. Katz is the named inventor on a large number of patents
primarily in the fields of telecommunications and computing. He also
formed Telecredit, Inc., the nation's first on-line real time credit
and check cashing authorization system, and was awarded a patent as
co-inventor of that technology.

A2D, L.P.
Brian Rivette, 310-247-8191
brivette@a2dlp.com
or
T-Mobile USA
Media Relations, 425-378-4002
mediarelations@t-mobile.com

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