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Minds-Eye-View, Inc. Launches Software Products for the Virtual Tour and Web Graphics Industries
Cohoes, NY -- September 1, 2006 -- Minds-Eye-View, Inc. (MEV), the inventor and pioneer of spherical media, widely used on the Internet in interactive virtual tours, announced today the release of two new 360 degree software products under its PictoSphere™ trade name (pictosphere.com). Included in the release is a fisheye stitching product, PictoStitch Pro™, which allows the creation of spherical photographs in a demanding workflow-oriented environment, and yet is flexible enough to handle specialized needs such as aerial virtual photography. "This product grew out of our work to meet the highly demanding needs of c360 grader Holding AS, Norway, one of the largest virtual tour producers in Europe," said MEV President, Ford Oxaal. "c360 grader produces spherical photographs by the thousands." PictoStitch Pro™ is protected under the Oxaal patent portfolio of ten U.S. patents, and has an introductory price of $360. PictoStitch Pro™ is available exclusively from www.pictosphere.com. It includes a license to produce up to 500 spherical photographs per month. Also released is a perspective effects product, PictoPrint™, which allows creation of eye-catching print and web graphics from spherical photographs. "There are millions of spherical photographs out there, and this product will let you go back and extract exciting visuals from them. The radical visuals unique to PictoPrint™ can be used, for example, to provide an unmistakable visual cue that interactive imagery is just a click away," noted Oxaal. Like PictoStitch Pro™, PictoPrint™ is licensed and protected under the Oxaal patent portfolio. PictoPrint™ 1.0 is priced at $49 and is available exclusively from www.pictosphere.com. ### Contact:
Minds-Eye-View, Inc. Prevails Against Preliminary Injunction Cohoes, NY - July 29, 2003 - Minds-Eye-View, Inc. (MEV), the pioneer in interactive spherical imaging, widely used on the Internet, announced today that Internet Pictures Corporation (iPIX) of Knoxville, Tennessee has withdrawn its motion for preliminary injunction. Ford Oxaal, MEV's president, commented, "iPIX's motion for preliminary injunction was the reason we filed our extensive defense right up front. Now that the immediate threat has been removed, we can continue forward with our plans to enhance spherical photography as it is used now by the real estate, travel and tourism industries, as well as expand into industries that we feel may have been overlooked." One of MEV's licensees, iPIX, has filed an unfair competition and patent infringement lawsuit (case number 3:03-CV-317) against it. MEV considers the lawsuit meritless, frivolous, and vexatious, and in its defense has presented irrefutable evidence that the patent in suit (Re. 36,207) is invalid, unenforceable, and not infringed on numerous grounds. Through its defense, Minds-Eye-View, Inc. expects the entire iPIX patent portfolio to be rendered unenforceable. ### Contact: Alternate Contact:
Minds-Eye-View, Inc. Files Defense Cohoes, NY - July 21, 2003 - Minds-Eye-View, Inc. (MEV), the pioneer in interactive spherical imaging, widely used on the Internet, announced it has publicly filed its defense in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville to the patent infringement and unfair competition lawsuit (case number 3:03-CV-317) filed against it by one of its licensees, Internet Pictures Corporation (iPIX) of Knoxville, Tennessee. MEV considers the iPIX lawsuit meritless, frivolous, and vexatious. In its defense, MEV has presented irrefutable evidence that there is no unfair competition and that the patent in suit (Re. 36,207) is invalid, unenforceable, and not infringed on numerous grounds, including: immunity from suit, anticipation (prior art), improper inventorship, inequitable conduct (including fraud in procurement), non-enablement, failure to disclose best mode, and inadequate written description, the result of which is expected to render the entire iPIX patent portfolio unenforceable. ### Contact: Alternate Contact:
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