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 Zi Corporation


Zi Corporation and Tegic Communications Inc. Settle Patent Litigation

DULLES, VA. and Calgary, AB, December 9, 2002 - Tegic Communications Inc., a subsidiary of America Online Inc. and Zi Corporation (Nasdaq: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC) today jointly announced that the patent infringement litigation between the two parties has been settled to their mutual satisfaction. The terms of the settlement agreement are confidential.

About Tegic Communications

Tegic Communications, a leading developer of software for wireless phones, was founded in 1995 to develop and market communication technologies for the telecommunications and computing industries and was acquired by America Online, Inc. in December 1999. Tegic Communications is headquartered in Seattle and has offices in the UK, Japan and China. Tegic's flagship product, T9 Text Input, is the leading alphabet-based and Chinese and Japanese character-based text input software. For more information about T9 Text Input, visit www.t9.com or AOL Keyword: T9 Text Input.

Tegic is a trademark and T9 is a registered trademark of Tegic Communications. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.

About Zi Corporation

Zi Corporation (www.zicorp.com) is a market-driven technology company delivering intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user experience of wireless and consumer technologies. The company's core technology products, eZiTap™ and eZiText, connect people to short messaging, e-mail, e-commerce, Web browsing and similar applications in almost any written language. eZiNet™ is a new network-based platform that enables handset manufacturers and network operators to provide users with access to media rich content and information stored on a network, despite the memory restrictions of the mobile device. Zi supports its strategic partners and customers from offices in Asia, Europe and North America. A publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on the Nasdaq National Market (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC).

Certain statements in this press release that involve expectations or intentions (such as those relating to future deployments or planned cooperation) may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information in this press release is based on Zi Corporation's current expectations and assumptions, and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks include, among others, general business and economic conditions, competitive actions, continued acceptance of Zi Corporation's products and services and dependence on third party performance as well as the risks and uncertainties referred to in Zi Corporation's 20-F for the most recent calendar year that is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The reader should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Zi Corporation does not assume any obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

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For more information:

Zi Corporation - Allen & Caron Inc
Jill Bertotti
Investors
Phone: (949) 474-4300
Email: jill@allencaron.com

 America Online Inc.
Nicholas Graham
Corporate Communications
Phone: (703) 265-1746
INDUSTRY : TLS
SUBJECT : LAW
Zi Corporation - Allen & Caron Inc
Len Hall
Business/Financial media
Phone: (949) 474-4300
Email: len@allencaron.com

  

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