Artec Technologies AG

Legal Proceedings Report • Jan 23, 2008

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Corporate | 23 January 2008 13:45

Artec Technologies obtains preliminary injunction against Arcor

artec technologies AG / Legal Matter

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• Artec sees a violation of its patent for time-shifted television

• District court in Duesseldorf passes decision permitting evidence against
  Arcor to be secured and analyzed

Diepholz, 23. January 2008 – Artec technologies (XETRA: A6T) of Diepholz,
Germany, has obtained a preliminary injunction from the district court in
Duesseldorf against Arcor, Eschborn. The reason for this legal action: The
Diepholz company sees in Arcor’s IPTV service offering 'Timeshift Restart'
a violation of artec’s time-shifted television patent.

At the Duesseldorfer district court, the attorneys for artec technologies,
a company registered in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange,
submitted an extensive petition for an investigation and detailed their
reasons for suspecting a patent violation. The court granted the petition
and, at the end of December, reached the decision that Arcor must accept a
search of equipment and documents at its premises by a court-appointed
investigator.

Artec, operating out of Lower Saxony in Germany, saw itself forced to take
such legal steps after repeatedly but unsuccessfully calling upon Arcor to
state its position on artec’s concerns. The reason for proceeding in this
manner is to be found in the great strategic significance which artec
ascribes to its process for time-shifted television. In 2001, Artec
submitted this process to the patent office and received the patent
protecting the process in June, 2006.

Artec technologies supplies telecommunications providers, cable network
operators and television stations around the world with its systems. In
addition to the patent-protected process for time-shifted television
involved here, the company has also developed a TV search engine. The
company’s declared objective is to develop key technologies in the area of
digital television services. In light of constantly increasing demand and
correspondingly attractive sales revenues from server-based systems for
IPTV, artec technologies finds itself in a strong position in the market on
the basis of these and other products which it has successfully developed
and deployed.

A special feature of the patented process for time-shifted television is
the possibility of calling up per video stream TV contents from central
servers. These contents are actually recorded even as they are being
broadcast. This means that customers who have switched on a broadcast after
it has already started can still view it from the very beginning. In
addition, they can pause the program, rewind and fast forward it to
specific scenes, and even record individual scenes as video clips. With the
process developed and patented by artec technologies, TV programs are
stored on central servers and all of these functions are implemented
through those servers. Even during a broadcast, contents can be called up
individually by a number of users at the same time. The users do not need
additional hardware or software, but instead can easily and simply take
advantage of these functions via their TVs, PCs or even mobile phones.

About artec technologies AG - The public stock company artec technologies
AG (XETRA: A6T) from the traditional county seat of Diepholz, near Bremen,
Germany, is active in the business areas of 'Digital Video Security' and
'Streaming Media/IPTV'. The company is one of the technological leaders in
the field of system solutions for digital coverage, analysis, recording and
transmission of video, audio and data from third-party systems via various
kinds of networks. In the business area of digital video security, the
company develops and markets products and system solutions for digital
video surveillance with the brand name of 'MULTIEYE'. In the second area,
artec develops and markets products and system solutions on the basis of
its 'XentauriX' platform, which is primarily used for IPTV applications as
well as recording TV/radio live broadcasts. At present, artec has placed
more than 12,000 systems from both branches around the world.

Additional information:
HOSCHKE & CONSORTEN Public Relations
Peter Jefimiec
Mail: p.jefimiec@hoschke.de / Fon: +49 (0) 40 369050 -53
Alexandra Jordans
Mail: a.jordans@hoschke.de / Fon: +49 (0) 40 369050 -30
Fax: +49 (0)40 369050 -10

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