| Bitstream Wins TrueDoc Lawsuit on All Counts CAMBRIDGE, MA — June 28, 2005 — Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today that Judge Amy J. St. Eve of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division ruled in favor of Bitstream on all counts in the case of Monotype Imaging, Inc. (formerly Agfa Monotype Corporation) and International Typeface Corporation v. Bitstream Inc. On June 24, 2003, Monotype Imaging, Inc. and International Typeface Corporation filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division claiming that the Company, through its TrueDoc software, infringes trademarks and copyrights and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In her opinion issued on July 12, 2005, the Court found that Bitstream was not liable under any claims of contributory infringement, contributory trademark infringement, or infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Previously, on April 21, 2005, the Court held that Bitstream was not liable under claims for direct copyright or trademark infringement or for vicariously infringing Monotype Imaging, Inc.’s and International Typeface Corporation’s copyrights. As a result of these two decisions, the Court entered judgment for Bitstream Inc. About Bitstream Bitstream is a registered trademark and the Bitstream logo is a trademark of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Contact Anna Chagnon |
