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YANGAROO RECEIVES PATENT GRANT FOR BIOMETRIC RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

^{Published on 2010-11-23 06:10:58 - Market Wire}
 

TORONTO, Nov. 23 /CNW/ - YANGAROO Inc., (TSX-V: YOO, OTCBB: YOOIF) the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, is pleased to announce that it has been granted Canada patent number 2,349,797 titled "Biometric Rights Management System" by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). The Biometric Rights Management ("BRM") patent relates to YANGAROO's innovative use of biometric security measures to provide secure online distribution of digital media. The BRM patent will be in effect until June 2021. 

"The receipt of this fourth patent grant is further confirmation that we continue to lead through innovation," said Cliff Hunt, Chairman and COO of YANGAROO. "As more and more valuable media assets are made available online, the need to control and monitor the users accessing that media continues to grow. The utilization of BRM in our Digital Media Distribution System provides a secure, user-friendly and portable way to link media access rights to an individual through their unique traits, rather than to a machine or an easily shared password. This feature provides our customers with the most advanced solution available today."

This BRM patent augments YANGAROO'S intellectual property portfolio, which includes the related United States patent number 7,003,670 titled "Biometric Rights Management System", United States patent number 7,529,712 titled "Content Distribution System and Method" and Canadian patent number 2,407,774 titled "Content Distribution System and Method". YANGAROO also has pending U.S. continuation patent application number 12/398,238 titled "Content Distribution System and Method" and U.S. patent application number 11/854,289 titled "Media File Distribution System and Method". Together these provide a North America-wide safeguard for the company's sector leading innovations.

About YANGAROO:
YANGAROO's patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) is a leading secure B2B digital delivery solution for the music and advertising industries. DMDS is a web-based delivery system that pioneers secure digital file distribution by incorporating biometrics, high-value encryption and watermarking. DMDS replaces the physical distribution of audio and video content for music, music videos, and advertising to television, radio, media, retailers, award shows and other authorized recipients with more accountable, effective, and far less costly digital delivery of broadcast quality media via the Internet.

Named one of Canada's Top 100 Tech Companies for 2009 by Canadian Business, YANGAROO has offices in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, and London, U.K. YANGAROO trades on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) under the symbol YOO and in the U.S. under OTCBB:YOOIF. For further information, please contact Cliff Hunt at 416-534-0607 ext 112 or visit [ www.yangaroo.com ].

The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause such statements to differ materially from actual future events or results. Such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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