AuthenTec Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Atrua Technologies, Inc.

AuthenTec (NASDAQ:AUTH), the world’s leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions, announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Atrua Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. AuthenTec filed the suit on March 12, 2008 seeking monetary damages for the infringement and an injunction against Atrua’s future infringement of AuthenTec’s patents.

AuthenTec asserts that Atrua’s products infringe multiple AuthenTec patents covering fingerprint sensor technologies. AuthenTec has one of the broadest patent portfolios covering fingerprint sensor technology, with more than 60 U.S. patents filed or pending.

“We filed this patent infringement suit in order to protect one of our most valuable assets, our intellectual property,” said AuthenTec Vice President & General Counsel Frederick Jorgenson. “We believe that our technology and intellectual property have been the foundation of our market leadership. Since our inception in 1998, AuthenTec has built a strong patent portfolio that represents many years of investment and hard work by our team of scientists and engineers. We have and will continue to protect our valuable fingerprint sensor technology and associated intellectual property, and this includes taking legal action when necessary.”

AuthenTec has the broadest portfolio of silicon-based fingerprint sensors on the market today, and has shipped more than 25 million sensors for use in PCs, cell phones, mobile devices, access control products and other consumer electronics. All of AuthenTec’s sensors utilize the Company’s patented TruePrint® technology to deliver extremely accurate and reliable fingerprint imaging. TruePrint reads below the surface of the skin to the live layer, where a person’s true fingerprint resides. This unique subsurface approach enables AuthenTec sensors to overcome common skin surface conditions to read virtually every fingerprint, every time.

About AuthenTec

With more than 25 million sensors sold worldwide, AuthenTec is the world leader in providing fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the high-volume PC, wireless device, and access control markets. AuthenTec’s award-winning sensors take full advantage of The Power of Touch® by utilizing the company’s patented TruePrint® technology to deliver the most convenient, reliable and cost-effective means available for enabling touch-powered features that extend beyond user authentication. The company’s customers include: ASUSTeK, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, HTC, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Samsung, and Toshiba, among others.

Contacts

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Brent Dietz, 321-308-1320
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Nicole Loring, 617-834-2190
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