Frnm: legsal@i‘p0st.com on behalf of Rpost Legal <legal¢’§.irp¤stcc0m> Sent: Fiiclay, July Q5, N13 GAG PM Cc: Wake FlnneIl' Subject: Registered: RPost r ifetent Notice it ‘°“` E x, §: § _; Sy. :_. ( : E ; ................ ........................................................................................................... Y H ! - . i t . * :-2 ;* · ~ .. ~5 `l`i‘1§s is is ¥ieg;g§si;ei‘e<:i Eérncztih itsesssztggie from Rikzxest ieggzal. RPost has provided email services (with email tracking, delivery proof, reporting, e—sign, encrypt options) since the early 2000’s and has been granted over 50 patents covering this technology. RPost has been allowed four new U5 patents in the last 3Q clays; US Pate nt numbers: US B_.-468,1%, US 8,é68,198, US 8,478,981, and US 8,431,706. We will post these patents on Rl’ost's website as a courtesy to inform the marketplace of these new patents, in addition to 47 other patents that §{Post owns, also posted at this RPost patent website May we ask that you take the time to review Riiost patents so that you may evaluate whether you use RPost patented technology directly orthrough another technology provider, with or without license from Rilost? Please pay particular attention to at least the following patents that provide for tracking of and/'or reports ofdelivew, delivery failure, end,/or opening using SMTP, ESMTP, HTTP or other data protocol portions to determine such. US 8,224,913 US 8, ftS2t,1<3¢1 US 8,468,198 US 8,2G9,3B9 US 7,966,372 US 8.,468,199 For example, claim 1 of RPost's US 8,224,913 patent reads: A method qftmnsiriictingg ci mextwge from ci sender to nr recipient through ci server acting os rs Moi! Troiisporf Agent; including the steps ot the $er‘i··er0f· i‘r‘r.¤ri$mitiing the message to the recipients it/Foil Ti·¤ns,oorf Agent in nv protocol dialog selededfrom 0 group consisting of the selected one of the SMTP and ESMTP protocols; cmd recording or the sewer some portion ofthe selected one ofthe SMTP and ESMTP protocol dialog between the server ond the recipient through the server including those portions ofthe selected one of the SMTP and E5MTPpro tocoi dialog between the server cmd the recipient in which the receiving Mori Transport Agent accepts or declines delivery of the trcznsmitted message. We have identified unlicensed RPost patented technologies within electronic messaging and business management serversfpiatforms/applications, for example, email marketing, e—clelivery, electronic signature, email encryption, email archive, content iiltering, electronic data transferjtrarisaction recorclsjreports, and e·irwoice (among other business process automation with electronic messaging} services. this is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but provided for context only. We suggest you consider whether any of your business processes and electronic messaging and document operations use Ri’ost technology unlicensed. RPost offers services that practice the inventions disclosed in Plijost patents. Some of R¥‘ost services are described in a video at lf you would like to (aa) use RPost software as a service for access to these inventions, and/¤r (bl otherwise discuss your use of RP¤st patents, please let us know. if so, i wiii coordinate .s call with Riiost team members who handle such discussions. 1 By way of background, the inventor of most of the RPost patents is Dr. Terrance Tomkow. Tomkow developed software to put these inventions to practice inthe early 2000's, offered first at Internet World in April 2000. RPost now has customers using RPost’s patented services in countries around the world, including within the US Government, Fortune 500 companies, individuals and small businesses. RPost Registered Email services include electronic message and document delivery tracking, proof, electronic signatures, and encryption, among other services. Since RPost first disclosed its invention in its published patents, companies that offer commercial mail transport servers, software, or other electronic messaging and data services, have taken these Tomkow inventions taught by the RPost patents noted above without permission or license from RPost, and used them to track delivery, failure, and/or opening, route based on indicators in the messages, secure/encrypt, authenticate, record, timestamp, report on, and e-sign electronic messages and electronic documents delivered. We suggest you review the RPost patents noted below for a more complete description of RPost patented technologies and review these inthe context of your technology operations considering suggestions noted above. The RPost patent portfolio includes United States Patent Numbers US 8,224,913, US 8,161,104, US 8,209,389, US 6,182,219 c1, US 8,275,845, US 7,707,624, US 6,571,334 c2, US 7,966,372, US 7,865,557, US 8,468,199, US 8,468,198, US 7,240,199, US 7,660,989, US 7,698,558, US 7,886,008, US 8,478,981, US 8,484,706 and their continuations, as well as other patents listed on www.rpost.com such as EP 0 760 565 B1 and EP 1 476 995 B1 and pending continuation applications from the original Tomkow patent applications in 1999, 2002, and 2009, among others. Note, other than the patent claims that cite specifically email transport protocols or SIVITP and ESIVITP, the patents noted in this letter above and below are understood to cover any data transport protocol. Please visit www.rpost.com at http://www.rpost.com/about- rpost/inteIlectual-property/patents to view the full list of patent numbers and /or the US Patent Office website searching patents and patent applications under inventor last name "Tomkow". We have also appended a list of US and non-US patent numbers and published patent application numbers at the end of this letter. After such internal analysis, please contact RPost within the two weeks if you would like to engage in a confidential discussion related to your use of RPost services and/or patented technology. Please note that RPost may not keep its offer to engage in a confidential discussion open afterwards, and RPost reserves the right to revoke or modify any offers at any time before one is accepted in writing and signed by all parties. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I am available to address any questions in the meantime. Best regards, Jake Finnell Vice President RPost 'finneIl@rpost.com RPost Communications Limited, RIVIai| Limited, RPost UK Limited, and RPost Holdings Inc. Patent Coverage by Country with Patent Number(s): AU Australia 2003224616; 706661. AT Austria EP 1 476 995 B1. BE Belgium EP 1 476 995 B1. CA Canada 2234454. CH Switzerland EP 0 760 565 B1; EP 1 476 995 B1; EP 1 570 615 B1. CN China ZL 01814748.8. DE Germany EP 1 476 995 B1; EP 1 570 615 B1. DK Denmark EP 1 476 995 B1. ES Spain EP 1 476 995 B1. FR France EP 1 476 995 B1; EP 1 570 615 B1. IN India 245930 of 2005; 239568 of 2003; 237783 of 2004. IE Ireland EP 1 476 995 B1; EP 1 570 615 B1. IT Italy EP 1 476 995 B1. KR Korea 10-0604630—0000; 10-1029030—0000. LU Luxembourg EP 1 476 995 B1; EP 1 570 615 B1. IVIX Mexico 255062. NL Netherlands EP 1 476 995 B1; EP 1 570 615 B1. UK United Kingdom EP 0 760 565 B1; EP 1 476 995 B1; EP 1 570 615 B1. JP Japan 5256358. US United States Patent Numbers: 6182219c1; 6571334c2; 7240199; 7660989; 7698558; 7707624; 7865557; 7886008; 7966372; 8161104; 8209389; 8224913; 8275845; 8468199; 8468198; 8478981. PT Portugal EP 1 476 995 B1. SE Sweden EP 1 476 995 B1. 2 RPost Communications Limited and RPost Holdings Inc. Published US Patent Applications: 20130117387; 20130086654; 20130086186; 20120303956; 20120278417; 20120265829; 20110246588; 20110145889; 20110106897; 20110072077; 20100250691; 20100235892; 20100217969; 20090217028; 20070174402; 20060112165; 20050198511; 20050021963; 20040230657; 20040221014; 20030172120; and 20020144154. RPost also holds additional US Patent Applications that have yet to be published. Additional RPost patents can be found online at http://www.rpost.com/about-rpost/inteIlectual-property/patents where RPost lists its 46 patents by patent number. Refer to list of patent application numbers at the end of this letter and patents and patent applications listed at www.uspto.gov under inventor name "Tomkow". Click here to send a Fieggilsiereci Ernzallw messegge to anyone. s s is as ==-. v .. s=—· 3