METAMATERIAL PIONEER RAYSPAN REJECTS ALL CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT BY RUCKUS

San Diego, CA. - May 19, 2008 - Rayspan Corporation, the world’s leading innovator of metamaterial air interface solutions, stated today that it would vigorously defend against claims of patent infringement made by Ruckus Wireless in a lawsuit filed May 5, 2008. The lawsuit was filed against Rayspan’s customer, NetGear, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and concerns two Ruckus patents. Ruckus included Rayspan in the lawsuit because Rayspan licenses certain metamaterial antenna solutions to NetGear for use in their products, and Ruckus has erroneously concluded that these solutions infringe their patents.

Rayspan and its outside counsel have made a thorough analysis of the two Ruckus patents, and on the basis of that analysis we are absolutely confident that Rayspan does not infringe either patent. Rayspan respects the intellectual property rights of others and believes that Ruckus’ action is entirely without merit. Rayspan will vigorously defend this suit.

“NetGear is a highly valued licensee of Rayspan technology and in the past has also licensed Ruckus technology. That Ruckus would now find it necessary to sue NetGear is extraordinary and regretful. To me, the actions of Ruckus clearly demonstrate an inability to win and retain the business of a key customer the right way: by delivering high value solutions and maintaining a trusted partnership,” said Franz Birkner, president and CEO of Rayspan Corporation. "We are committed to maximizing the benefits of our technology for our customers and partners while protecting our intellectual property."

• Rayspan’s mission is to research, develop and commercialize the world’s leading portfolio of revolutionary new metamaterial air interface technology, enabling its customers to achieve breakthrough improvements in antenna and RF front-end component miniaturization, performance, cost reduction and ease of manufacture.
• Rayspan’s proprietary metamaterial solutions are composite materials engineered to produce unique and highly desirable electromagnetic propagation behavior not found in natural media. Metamaterials is an all-new science that enables unprecedented wireless component and system capabilities.
• Rayspan metamaterial solutions are available for a broad range of fixed and mobile wireless WAN, LAN and PAN applications, including 3G/4G cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and WiMAX. These solutions target the needs of virtually all wireless communications OEMs and ODMs.
• Rayspan’s leading portfolio of proprietary metamaterial technology includes over twenty essential enabling patents as well as a complete library of metamaterial designs and a comprehensive array of enabling design tools.

For more information:

Franz Birkner
President & CEO
Rayspan Corporation
franz@rayspan.com
(858) 259-9596 x222

info@rayspan.com