Marathon Patent Group's Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Vantage Point Technology Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Apple, Amazon, Box, Dropbox, Google and SugarSync

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/22/14 -- Marathon Patent Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) ("Marathon"), a patent licensing company, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Vantage Point Technology Inc. ("Vantage Point"), has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Amazon.com Inc., Apple, Inc., Box, Inc., Dropbox, Inc., Google Inc., and SugarSync, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Vantage Point is asserting infringement related to U.S. Patent No. 6,615,233 (the "'233 Patent") entitled "Apparatus and Method for Transmitting Documents Between a Server Computer and a Client Computer".

About Marathon Patent Group:

Marathon is a patent acquisition and monetization company. The Company acquires patents from a wide-range of patent holders from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. Marathon's strategy of acquiring patents that cover a wide-range of subject matter allows the Company to achieve diversity within its patent asset portfolio. Marathon generates revenue with its diversified portfolio through actively managed concurrent patent rights enforcement campaigns. This approach is expected to result in a long-term, diversified revenue stream. To learn more about Marathon Patent Group, visit www.marathonpg.com.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Addo Communications
Lasse Glassen
Director
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Marathon Patent Group
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Chief Marketing Officer
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Source: Marathon Patent Group

Released October 22, 2014