Marathon Patent Group's Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Relay IP, Inc., Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against 10 Defendants

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/18/13 -- Marathon Patent Group, Inc. (OTCBB: MARA) ("Marathon"), an intellectual property services and patent licensing company, announced today that its subsidiary Relay IP Inc, ("Relay") has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against 10 named defendants.

Defendants include CBOE Holdings, Inc., The Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc., ActiveTick LLC, BATS Trading Inc., Lek Securities Corporation, Direct Edge ECN LLC and others.

Relay is asserting infringement related to U.S. Patent number 5,331,637, entitled Multicast Routing Using Core Based Trees. The lawsuit alleges that the Defendants have infringed, and continue to infringe, the claims of the patent in suit by using the accused IP Multicast systems and methods covered by the claims of the Relay patent.

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Marathon Patent Group ("Marathon") is patent licensing company that serves a wide range of patent holders and technologies from Fortune 500 to independent inventors. Marathon provides its clients advice and services that enable them to realize financial and strategic return on their intellectual property rights. Marathon's IP Licensing Division acquires patent assets, partners with patent holders, and monetizes patent portfolios through actively managed patent licensing campaigns. Marathon is based in Alexandria, Virginia. www.marathonpg.com

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Released June 18, 2013