SSH Communications Security Oyj - Company Announcement

Update on SSH patent licensing program

Helsinki, Finland, 2016-04-29 13:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SSH COMMUNICATIONS
SECURITY CORPORATION   COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT   APRIL 29, 2016 AT 02:00 P.M. 

Update on SSH patent licensing program

SSH communicated on 13 May, 2015 about filing a patent litigation against Sony
in Germany expecting a ruling in about one year. This is to give some further
information on the schedule of the litigation efforts. 

The decision in the Germany patent litigation initiated by SSH is expected to
be available in fall 2016. 

Sony has, as a normal procedure in these cases, also filed a nullity suit in
Germany challenging the validity of the SSH patent EP 2254311 in suit. Decision
in this case is expected to be available during 2017. 

In addition to its counteraction in Germany, Sony has filed cases challenging
the validity of SSH patents in the UK and in the US. 

In the UK, Sony filed an invalidity suit on the UK patent on EP 2254311, and in
response to that, SSH filed a patent infringement claim against Sony also in
the UK.  The decision in these UK cases is expected to be available in fall
2016. 

In the US, Sony has initiated so called Inter Parties Review regarding validity
of SSH patent US 8,544,079. The decision is expected to be available in about
one year. 

SSH believes in the strength of its cases in all the litigations described
above while acknowledging certain uncertainty related to litigations. 

SSH continues to negotiate with multiple parties about licensing its patents to
players in the smartphone and laptop industry under confidentiality agreements. 

“We are more committed than ever to protect our intellectual property
preferring license arrangements without litigation whenever possible“, said
Erkki Yli-Juuti, Vice President, Intellectual Property at SSH Communications
Security. 


Helsinki, April 29th, 2016

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORPORATION

Tatu Ylönen
Chief Executive Officer

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Further information:
Erkki Yli-Juuti, VP, Intellectual Property, +358 40 561 3202
Jyrki Lalla, CFO, +358 45 340 4641

About SSH Communications Security
As the inventor of the SSH protocol, we have a twenty-year history of leading
the market in developing advanced security solutions that enable, monitor, and
manage encrypted networks. Over 3,000 customers across the globe trust the
company’s encryption, access control and encrypted channel monitoring solutions
to meet complex compliance requirements, improve their security posture and
save on operational costs. SSH Communications Security is headquartered in
Helsinki and has offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company’s shares
(SSH1V) are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. For more information, visit
www.ssh.com