LANTRONIX AND ACTICON FILE PATENT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST DIGI INTERNATIONAL
07 February 2005 - Lantronix

Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq:LTRX) today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Digi International, Inc. The suit, filed in the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, states that Digi is infringing U.S. Patent No. 4,972,470 (''470 patent') for a 'Programmable Connector.' The suit alleges that several of the Digi device server and other server products infringe the '470 patent. The patent holder, Acticon Technologies LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Patent Corporation International, has joined Lantronix in the suit.

The '470 Patent is for a programmable 'smart' connector between two or more devices with at least one of the devices being capable of programming the connector through an interface. Lantronix is a pioneer in device servers that provide an easy and economical way to connect virtually any device with a serial port to a network and is the exclusive licensee of the '470 patent within the device server field of use.

'We are committed to acting quickly and vigorously to protect the value of our intellectual property,' stated Marc Nussbaum, president and chief executive officer of Lantronix.

'The '470 patent has recently emerged untarnished from the reexamination by the U.S. Patent Office,' said Paul Lerner, senior vice president and general counsel for Acticon's parent, GPCI. 'We stand behind our licensees and will do whatever it takes to make sure they derive significant value from the licensed patent.'

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