Venali, Inc. Announces Federal Court Halts Patent Litigation By j2 Global Communications, Inc.; j2 Responds with Outdated Press Release

Business Wire, Feb 6, 2006

MIAMI -- Venali, Inc. today announced that it recently obtained a victory in the United States Patent Office against the questionable patent rights obtained by j2 Global Communications, Inc. In response to requests by Venali, the United States Patent and Trademark Office found substantial questions of patentability concerning the inventions claimed by j2 and decided to reexamine its prior decision to issue two of the j2 patents. Based on the uncertain future of these j2 patents and possibly others, the United States District Court for the Central District of California found that j2's patent litigation against Venali should not go forward pending a decision on whether the patents should have ever been issued. The court questioned openly whether j2's other lawsuits alleging infringement of the same patents should be allowed to continue.

j2 responded to the adverse ruling by issuing an outdated press release regarding a lawsuit it filed against Venali almost 6 months ago, which Venali described as completely frivolous. Venali's CEO, Pasquale Giordano, noted that the lawsuit, which alleges violations of U.S. telecommunication law, "is rife with false allegations and appears to be copied from a junk-fax Internet web site." He noted that, "Even the most basic allegations are inaccurate, including the identity of Venali's CEO and facts concerning its corporate structure." Venali believes this suit is yet another abuse of the legal system by j2 to stifle competition. Mr. Giordano pointed out that contrary to assertions made by j2's General Counsel, Venali is a leader in the fight against junk faxes and has developed a proprietary junk fax filter to aid this effort.

Venali will vigorously defend this lawsuit and continue to fight against j2's anticompetitive practices.

About Venali:

Venali is a leading provider of Enterprise messaging solutions. Through secure services and management tools, Venali enables your business to use existing IT systems to reliably send, receive, and manage fax, SMS/MMS and email communications.

By leveraging previous IT outlays with Venali's scalable Internet Network, businesses are able to reduce overall costs and realize an immediate return-on-investment. This technology eliminates the need for separate servers and phone lines along with the respective maintenance and bottlenecks. For years, Venali has been at the industry forefront, providing state-of-the-art messaging solutions to businesses of all sizes.

Venali's corporate headquarters are located in Miami, Florida. Venali serves international markets through its offices in Germany, Singapore and the United Kingdom.