NEW YORK - May 20, 2013 - Vringo, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNG), a company engaged in the innovation, development and monetization of mobile technologies and intellectual property, today announced that Dr. Saswat Misra has joined the company as Intellectual Property Counsel.

Prior to joining Vringo, Dr. Misra practiced law at Ropes & Gray LLP, where he managed worldwide patent prosecution activities.  Earlier in his career, Dr. Misra served at the Army Research Laboratory as a Research and Development Engineer for over six years.

Dr. Misra received a J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.  He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and M.S. and B.S. degrees in the same field from University of Illinois and University of Maryland, respectively.

"I am pleased to welcome Dr. Misra to Vringo.  We look forward to benefitting from both his technical and legal expertise. Dr. Misra's engineering background covers areas of technology that will immediately strengthen our team," said Andrew D. Perlman, Chief Executive Officer at Vringo.

"We are in the process of building our in-house team with attorneys who have come from leading international patent practices," said David L. Cohen, Chief Legal and Intellectual Property Officer.  "Dr. Misra has deep technical knowledge and a wealth of experience in the very areas that are most critical to Vringo."

About Vringo, Inc.

Vringo, Inc. is engaged in the innovation, development and monetization of mobile technologies and intellectual property.  Vringo's intellectual property portfolio consists of over 500 patents and patent applications covering telecom infrastructure, internet search, and mobile technologies.  The patents and patent applications have been developed internally, and acquired from third parties.  Vringo operates a global platform for the distribution of mobile social applications and services.  For more information, visit: www.vringoIP.com.

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Contacts:

Investors and Media:
Cliff Weinstein
Executive Vice President
Vringo, Inc.
(646) 532-6777
cweinstein@vringoinc.com