Local.com Granted Registered Trademarks for Local.com® and Local.com Logo

September 30, 2008; 07:36 AM

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM), a leading local search site and network, today announced that the company has been granted registered trademarks for Local.com® and the Local.com logo design from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

The trademarks grant exclusive rights to Local.com to use the Local.com name and logo design in the United States. Registration of the Local.com® trademark was effective September 16 and registration of the Local.com logo design trademark was effective September 23.

“We are pleased that our trademark applications have been approved, thereby adding to our growing portfolio of intellectual property,” said Heath Clarke, Local.com chairman and CEO. “As the largest local search network in the U.S, the Local.com name and logo have become a well-recognized search brand. Registering our trademarks helps us to prevent confusion in the marketplace between our Local.com website and network, and other local search sites utilizing derivative names that include the word ‘local’ in them.”

About Local.com

Local.com (NASDAQ:LOCM) is the largest local search network in the United States. The company uses patented technologies to provide over 17 million consumers each month with the most relevant search results for local businesses, products and services on Local.com and over 700 regional media sites. Businesses can target ready-to-purchase consumers using a variety of advertising products. To advertise, visit http://corporate.local.com/advertisewithus or call 1-888-857-6722. For more information visit: www.local.com.

Forward Looking Statements

All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this document regarding our business strategy and plans and objectives of our management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this report, words such as 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'estimate,' 'plans,' 'expect,' 'intend', ‘target’, ‘goal’ and similar expressions, as they relate to Local.com or our management, identify forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to our management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to monetize the Local.com domain name, improve our local-search technologies, market the Local.com domain name as a destination for consumers seeking local-search results, grow our business by enhancing our local-search services, successfully implement and expand our outsourced, direct subscription advertising sales efforts, increase the number of businesses that purchase our advertising products, expand internationally, develop our products and sales, marketing, finance and administrative functions, as well as our dependence on major partners, competitive factors and pricing pressures, changes in legal and regulatory requirements, and general economic conditions. Any forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Unless otherwise stated, all site traffic and usage statistics are from third-party service providers engaged by the company.

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason.

Contacts:

Media Contact:
Local.com
Cameron Triebwasser, 949-789-5223
[email protected]
or
Investor Relations Contact:
BPC Financial Marketing
John Baldissera, 800-368-1217

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