NICE Updates on Patent Infringement Litigation Brought Against Verint; Court
Reaffirms Validity of NICE's Patent
RA'ANANA, Israel, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NICE Systems (NASDAQ:
NICE) announced today that in a patent infringement case brought against
Verint Americas, Inc. (formerly Witness Systems, Inc.) in the Federal
District Court for Northern Georgia in Atlanta, the court found that certain
Witness products, which were named in this case, do not infringe NICE's VoIP
patent 6871229. NICE intends to appeal this decision.
The court rejected Verint's claims challenging the validity of NICE's
patent and reaffirmed its validity. The US Patent Office has also, prior to
the trial, denied Verint's request for re-examination of the same patent.
"NICE has the broadest portfolio of granted patents in its industry. Our
innovative and market leading products are protected by the most extensive
portfolio of intellectual property," says Dr. Shlomo Shamir, President of
NICE Systems Ltd. "We intend to continue to seek enforcement of these
patents."
"In addition, we believe that Verint's patents asserted against NICE are
invalid and we intend to continue seeking invalidation of these patents,"
concludes Dr. Shamir.
NICE is now expecting a trial date for its pending claim of infringement
by Verint's recording products of 5 of NICE's recording patents. NICE intends
to continue and pursue seeking permanent injunction against Verint's
recording products as well as damages that can reach up to 100 million US
dollars.
About NICE Systems
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is the leading provider of Insight from
Interactions solutions and value-added services, powered by the convergence
of advanced analytics of unstructured multimedia content and transactional
data - from telephony, web, email, radio, video, and other data sources.
NICE's solutions address the needs of the enterprise and security markets,
enabling organizations to operate in an insightful and proactive manner, and
take immediate action to improve business and operational performance and
ensure safety and security. NICE has over 24,000 customers in more than 135
countries, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies. More information
is available at http://www.nice.com.
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Connect, Executive Insight, FAST, FAST alpha Blue, FAST alpha Silver, FAST
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Insight from Interactions, Investigator, Last Message Replay, Mirra, My
Universe, NICE, NICE logo, NICE Analyzer, NiceCall, NiceCall Focus, NiceCLS,
NICE Inform, NICE Learning, NiceLog, NICE Perform, NiceScreen, NICE
SmartCenter, NICE Storage Center, NiceTrack, NiceUniverse, NiceUniverse
Compact, NiceVision, NiceVision Alto, NiceVision Analytics, NiceVision
ControlCenter, NiceVision Digital, NiceVision Harmony, NiceVision Mobile,
NiceVision Net, NiceVision NVSAT, NiceVision Pro, Performix, Playback
Organizer, Renaissance, Scenario Replay, ScreenSense, Tienna, TotalNet,
TotalView, Universe, Wordnet are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
NICE Systems Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
statements are based on the current expectations of the management of NICE
Systems Ltd. (the Company) only, and are subject to a number of risk factors
and uncertainties, including but not limited to the ultimate outcome in the
litigation referred to in this press release, changes in technology and
market requirements, decline in demand for the Company's products, inability
to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications,
difficulties or delays in absorbing and integrating acquired operations,
products, technologies and personnel, loss of market share, pressure on
pricing resulting from competition, and inability to maintain certain
marketing and distribution arrangements, which could cause the actual results
or performance of the Company to differ materially from those described
therein. We undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements. For a more detailed description of the risk factors and
uncertainties affecting the company, refer to the Company's reports filed
from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Corporate Media Contact:
Galit Belkind
NICE Systems
+1-877-245-7448
Galit.belkind@nice.com
Investors:
Daphna Golden
NICE Systems
+1-877-245-7449
ir@nice.com
SOURCE NICE Systems Ltd.
Corporate Media Contact: Galit Belkind, NICE Systems, +1-877-245-7448,
Galit.belkind@nice.com ; Investors: Daphna Golden, NICE Systems,
+1-877-245-7449, ir@nice.com
