FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
e.DIGITAL ANNOUNCEs License and
Settlement agreement with PANASONIC CORPORATION
(SAN DIEGO, CA, – June 28, 2011) – e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG), a leading innovator of dedicated portable entertainment systems and patented flash memory-related technology, announced today that it has entered into a license and settlement agreement with Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic). Under the terms of the confidential agreement, Panasonic obtained a license and release on the Company’s Flash-R™ patent portfolio.
e.Digital’s Flash-R patent portfolio is comprised of fundamental technology related to the use of flash memory in the large and growing portable electronic products market. The Company introduced the first portable recorder with removable flash memory in 1993 and believes its patent portfolio to be essential to many consumer electronics products that utilize flash memory including cell phones, digital cameras, camcorders, PDAs and other popular devices.
"We are pleased to have entered into our 13th Flash-R portfolio related licensing and settlement agreement,” said Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. Panasonic joins the growing list of Flash-R patent portfolio licensees, including Samsung, Olympus and other world recognized manufacturing companies.
About e.Digital Corporation: e.Digital is a leading innovator of dedicated portable in-flight entertainment systems. More than 30 airlines have made dedicated portable systems powered by e.Digital technology their in-flight entertainment choice. e.Digital also owns and is monetizing its Flash-R™ portfolio of flash memory-related patents. e.Digital was the first company to develop, patent, and productize fundamental technology that opened the door to the widespread use of flash memory in many of today’s popular electronic products. For more information about e.Digital, please visit: www.edigital.com.
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