KESSLER INTERNATIONAL^® FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST MARKSMEN

NEW YORK, NY… February 5, 2003... BRAND PROTECTION INVESTIGATION FIRM SUED FOR SERVICE MARK INFRINGEMENT, UNFAIR COMPETITION AND DILUTION OF THE KESSLER INTERNATIONAL SERVICE MARK

Kessler International has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court Southern District of New York against Marksmen, LLC and Marksmen Inc. (a partner of Verisign, Inc. and Vibrato Naming Inc. according to the Marksmen website) under the federal Trademark Act for service mark infringement and unfair competition under the New York state law for dilution all arising out of Marksmen's unauthorized use of Kessler International's registered service mark on the Internet's worldwide web to attract customers to the Marksmen web site.

The lawsuit alleges that Marksmen a private investigation firm specializing in helping to protect company's trademarks paid various search engine providers to use Kessler International as a "keyword" to trigger the appearance of Marksmen's web page when an Internet user conducted a search engine search using the term "Kessler International."

Kessler's suit seeks an injunction, treble damages, legal fees and punitive relief.

Michael G. Kessler President /CEO of Kessler International stated that it's "incomprehensible to me that a firm specializing in Intellectual Property Investigations and Brand Protection Services to companies seeking to protect their trademark rights would willfully violate the trademark rights of another who is its direct competitor and think they would not be caught."

Kessler International is represented by Sughrue, Mion PLLC in Washington, DC and Robin, Blecker & Daley in New York. Kevin G. Smith, Esq. of Sughrue Mion is lead counsel.

About Kessler International

Founded in 1988 Kessler International is the one of the most recognized names in the world as the leader in Brand Protection, Intellectual Property Investigations, International Corporate Investigations, Forensic Accounting and Computer Forensics. With offices worldwide their investigators, forensic accountants and computer forensic technicians provide consulting, litigation support and expert testimony to the most prominent companies in the world.

For more information about Kessler International please visit the company's website at www.investigation.com or contact Michael G. Kessler at 212 286-9100.