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Oct 27, 2005

Forgent Announces Patent License Agreement With Research In Motion Limited

License With Manufacturer of the BlackBerry(R)

AUSTIN, TX, Oct 27, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Forgent Networks (NASDAQ: FORG) along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Compression Labs, Inc. ("CLI"), today announced that it has concluded a Patent License Agreement ("Agreement") with Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) (TSX: RIM) covering Forgent's data compression technology embodied in U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 (the '672 Patent). Research in Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market that include the BlackBerry® wireless platform. Other terms of the Agreement were not disclosed.

Forgent has pending litigation against approximately 40 companies for infringement of the '672 Patent in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Following the filing of the litigation, six companies that were defendants have entered into license agreements.


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