U.S. Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of VIZIO's Motion to Stay the ITC Exclusion...

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Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:54pm EDT

U.S. Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of VIZIO's Motion to Stay the ITC
Exclusion Order

- Remains confident that Federal Circuit will reverse ITC determination

IRVINE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 10, 2009, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted VIZIO's motion for emergency
relief to stay the enforcement of Orders of the United States International
Trade Commission ("ITC") while the Federal Circuit considers VIZIO's request
for temporary stay of the same during its appeal process.

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"This is a significant first step in the appellate review process.  We are
confident that the Federal Circuit will reverse the ITC's earlier
determination and vindicate VIZIO's position in light of the recent final
rejection of the '074 patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  The
court's action today serves as yet another affirmation that business is to be
conducted as usual despite abusive and anti-competitive behavior from
competitors," stated Laynie Newsome, Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Communications.

The ITC earlier determined that certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,115,074
('074) were valid and that certain VIZIO television products contained
chipsets having a feature that caused the chipsets to infringe those claims.
VIZIO believes that the claims of infringement leveled against it are
meritless; indeed, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Final
Rejection on reexamination of Funai's '074 patent that has concluded that
Funai's patent claims are invalid.

About VIZIO
VIZIO, Inc., "Where Vision Meets Value," headquartered in Irvine, California,
is America's HDTV Company and Consumer Electronics Company. In 2007, VIZIO
skyrocketed to the top by becoming the #1 selling brand of flat panel HDTVs in
North America and became the first American brand in over a decade to lead
major categories in U.S. TV sales. Since 2007 VIZIO HDTVs shipments remain in
the TOP ranks in the U.S. and are again #1 in Q1, 2009 with over 20% market
share.  VIZIO is committed to bringing feature-rich flat panel televisions to
market at a value through practical innovation. VIZIO offers a broad range of
award winning Plasma and LCD HDTVs including the new XVT series. VIZIO's
products are found at Costco Wholesale, Sam's Club, Sears, Walmart, Target,
BJ's Wholesale, and other retailers nationwide along with authorized online
partners. VIZIO has won numerous awards including a #1 ranking in the Inc. 500
for Top Companies in Computers and Electronics, Good Housekeeping's Best
Big-Screens, CNET's Top 10 Holiday Gifts and PC World's Best Buy among others.
For more information, please call 888-VIZIOCE or visit on the web at
www.VIZIO.com.

The V, VIZIO, XVT, TruLED, 240Hz SPS, Thin Line, Smooth Motion, JAVA, Where
Vision Meets Value names, phrase and symbols are trademarks or registered
trademarks of VIZIO, Inc. All other trademarks may be the property of their
respective holders.

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Case #2009-1386




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Jim Noyd of Noyd Communications Inc., +1-310-951-3768, jim.noyd@noydcom.com
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