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i2, Inc. Files Suit Against Palantir Technologies, Inc. Alleging Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Security Alliance Names i2
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McLean, Va., (August 9, 2010) - i2, Inc., a leading provider of intelligence and investigation software solutions for Posted 17.11.10
defense, national security, law enforcement and commercial security sectors, today filed a complaint alleging that
Palantir Technologies, Inc. schemed to misappropriate i2 trade secrets including software programs and related i2 Advances Technology to
confidential information. In addition to claims for trade secret misappropriation, the complaint asserts claims for Tackle Information Sharing
copyright infringement and fraud, among others. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court, Eastern Challenges at All Levels of
District of Virginia, seeks damages and injunctive relief. Law Enforcement and
National Security
The suit alleges that Palantir built its business in part upon fraudulent conduct and the misappropriation of i2's Posted 26.10.10
confidential software and other trade secrets. As detailed in i2's complaint, i2 only recently discovered the
scheme to misappropriate i2's confidential software and other trade secrets which began in early 2006 and Boston Police Department
continues to this day. The complaint asserts that in early 2006, Shyam Sankar, while he was a Palantir and Orange County, Calif.,
employee, approached i2 posing as a representative of a Florida company called SRS Enterprises, LLC to obtain form First East-to-West
a license to i2's Analyst's Notebook, Analyst's Notebook SDK and other software for the purported purpose of Coast COPLINK Information
conducting fraud investigations. i2's Analyst's Notebook SDK is a proprietary software development kit that Sharing Network for Law
provides software tools and support materials to enable a licensee to develop new software to enhance and Enforcement
extend the functionality of Analyst's Notebook.
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i2 software products are only made available pursuant to license agreements that contain strict confidentiality
and use restrictions. i2's license agreements, including those that SRS entered into, contain restrictions on the Information
use and disclosure of i2 confidential and proprietary software and other trade secrets, including a requirement
that "Under no circumstances may the Receiving Party give any known competitor of the Owning Party access to Please complete the
the Proprietary Information of the Owning Party. . . ." As detailed in the complaint, i2 asserts that the defendants form to request more
obtained the licenses through trickery and deception as a means of procuring i2's confidential intellectual property information.
for the benefit of Palantir.
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The suit further alleges that Palantir, through employees such as Shyam Sankar and Dr. Asher Sinensky, used
the confidential i2 software and other trade secrets to assist them in the development of new Palantir software
products, utilities and features that were specifically designed to enable Palantir to unfairly, but more effectively,
compete with i2.

"We regret that we have had to take this action. It is a decision that we didn't take lightly; however, protecting
our Intellectual Property is a core tenet of our company," said Anthony Carty, chief financial officer, i2. "As
always, it is our company's goal to serve the law enforcement, intelligence, defense and commercial security
communities through the delivery of best of breed technology and service."

In addition to damages, the complaint seeks the return and cessation of use of its trade secrets and confidential
and proprietary information.

Others named in the suit include Shyam Sankar (Director of Forward Deployed Engineering at Palantir), Dr.
Asher Sinensky (a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir), SRS Enterprises, LLC and Nochur Sankar, a
principal of SRS.

The complaint is available to the public on the website of the U.S. Federal Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia (http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/ecf/index.html)

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and commercial security. Over 4,500 organizations in 149 countries rely on the i2 Intelligence-Led Operations
Platform to proactively deter, prevent, predict and disrupt the world's most sophisticated criminal and terrorist
threats. i2 started the intelligence revolution in 1990 and continues to lead the industry in innovation with products
like Analyst's Notebook® and COPLINK®. These solutions enable public safety officers, analysts, managers,
detectives and investigators to uncover hidden connections faster, deliver timely and actionable results and
communicate complex situations more clearly than ever. For more information, please visit www.i2group.com.
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Contacts:

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Name: Charles Watson

Title: Senior Vice President, Marketing
Phone: +1 (703) 659-3576
Email: charles.watson@i2group.com

Name: Mitch Derman

Title: Director, Corporate Communications
Phone: +1 (703) 842-4771
Email: mitch.derman@i2group.com

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