July 2008

General Patent Corporation Acts as Licensing Agent

Suffern, NY - July 28, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today on behalf of its client, Winning Edge International, formerly known as GWIN, that Winning Edge has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Canadian corporation SportsDirect, Inc. and its subsidiary, Irish corporation Covers Media Group Ltd.

General Patent Corporation Acts as Licensing Agent

Suffern, NY - June 4, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today on behalf of its client, Winning Edge International, formerly known as GWIN, that Winning Edge has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against VegasExperts.com of Cleveland, OH and VegasInsider.com of the UK.

Suffern, NY - May 15, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, NY, reached an important milestone in its patent enforcement campaign on behalf of its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC recently obtained the 150th settlement under Acticon's portfolio of "smart connector" patents. Data Device Corporation of Bohemia, NY has settled Acticon's claims of infringement of its U.S. Patent No. 4,972,470 (Programmable Connector) for its MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC PCMCIA cards.

General Patent Corporation Acts as Licensing Agent

Suffern, NY - April 16, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today on behalf of its client, Digital Technology Licensing LLC (DTL), that it has licensed a key cell phone patent to LG Electronics, Inc.

Suffern, NY - March 25, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, announced today that it has recently licensed the patents of its client, Advanced Card Technologies LLC (ACT), to Bristol ID Technologies of Lima, NY and Plastek Cards, Inc. of Fort Wayne, IN. GPCI represented ACT in these transactions.

"We have now licensed 25 companies for ACT," said Kathlene Ingham, GPC's Director of Licensing, "and we are gratified with our successes to date."

General Patent Corporation Acts as Licensing Agent

Suffern, NY - March 10, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today on behalf of its client, Digital Technology Licensing LLC (DTL), that it has settled its patent infringement lawsuits against Cingular Wireless and AT&T Mobility.

Suffern, NY - February 26, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) announced today that it obtained a permanent injunction, treble damages and attorneys' fees in its lawsuit against Lycom and Advance Creative, an important victory in its patent enforcement campaign on behalf of its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon).

"Reform Will Undermine Patent System," Alexander Poltorak Writes in Christian Science Monitor Op-ed

Suffern, NY - January 29, 2008 - Alexander Poltorak, chairman and CEO of General Patent Corporation, condemned patent legislation being considered by the Senate in an opinion essay published yesterday in The Christian Science Monitor. The article can be viewed online at www.csmonitor.com/2008/0128/p09s02-coop.html?page=1.

Suffern, NY - January 28, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today on behalf of its client, Digital Technology Licensing LLC (DTL), that it has licensed a key cell phone patent to Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.

DTL owns U.S. Patent No. 5,051,799 titled "Digital Output Transducer" (Patent), which is an essential patent for Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) codec and other cellular communication standards. The patented technology is also used to assure backward compatibility of cell phone handsets and base stations.

General Patent Corporation acts as licensing agent

Suffern, NY - January 22, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today on behalf of its client, Digital Technology Licensing LLC (DTL) that it has licensed a key cell phone patent to Ericsson, Inc., Ericsson AB, and LM Ericsson Telefonaktiebolaget (Ericsson).

The agreement with Ericsson follows a licensing deal reached earlier with Nokia for DTL, which owns a key patent for modern cellular technology.

General Patent Corporation acts as licensing agent

Suffern, NY - January 15, 2008 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today a major licensing agreement between its client, Digital Technology Licensing LLC (DTL), and Nokia for a widely used and essential piece of patented cell phone technology.

The agreement with Nokia constitutes the first major licensing deal for DTL, which owns an essential patent for the cell phone technology.

Suffern, NY - January 8, 2008 - It was a very good year for General Patent Corporation. Besides numerous legal victories and new licensees, the company received several mentions in the media in 2007.

Suffern, NY - December 21, 2007 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading intellectual property (IP) firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, marks its 20th anniversary this year.

Founded in 1987 by Alexander Poltorak as a patent licensing and technology transfer organization, GPC has since grown into a leading, full service IP management company.

General Patent Represented Advanced Card Technologies in These Transactions

Suffern, NY - November 28, 2007 - Advanced Card Technologies LLC (ACT) announced today that it has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against UV Color, a plastic card manufacturer located in Minneapolis, MN, and licensed its patents to several other companies in the plastic card industry. General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented ACT in the licensing transactions.

Suffern, NY, October 29, 2007 - Ryogen LLC announced today that it has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the soluble aminopeptidase P gene.

US Patent No. 7,273,718, entitled "Isolated Genomic Polynucleotide Fragments from Chromosome 10q25.3 that Encode Human Soluble Aminopeptidase P", was issued on September 25, 2007 (the "Patent").

Court Recommends Permanent Injunction Against Lycom and Advance Creative Computer Corp.

SUFFERN, NY, October 16, 2007 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has achieved another victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of "smart connector" patents owned by its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon).

Suffern, NY - September 26, 2007 - Alexander Poltorak spoke on Patent Valuation at the IP Finance and Valuation Conference in New York last week. In his talk, Alex described a methodology he had developed for patent valuation, which includes:

* Valuing patent portfolios as monopolies;
* Valuing a patent in the portfolio;
* Risk adjusted patent valuation;
* Rules of thumb for patent value;
* Patent yield; and
* Decision tree analysis.

Suffern, NY - February 13, 2007 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has achieved another victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of "smart connector" patents owned by its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Margi Systems, Inc. of Fremont, CA (Margi), a subsidiary of Harman International Industries (Harman).

SUFFERN, NY, March 20, 2007 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has achieved another victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of "smart connector" patents owned by its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Mace Group, Inc. d/b/a Macally Peripherals of Irwindale, CA (Macally).

SUFFERN, NY, March 7, 2007 - Advanced Card Technologies LLC (ACT) has recently licensed its patents related to phone and gift cards to Jet Lithocolor, a commercial printer headquartered in Downers Grove, IL. General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented ACT in this transaction.

Suffern, NY - January 10, 2007 - Ryogen LLC, headquartered in Suffern, NY, announced today that the company has entered into a nonexclusive license agreement with Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ: IVGN), headquartered in Carlsbad, CA, whereby Invitrogen has licensed from Ryogen the patent directed to the clinically important Aminopeptidase P gene.

Suffern, NY - November 17, 2006 - Alex Poltorak moderated a panel discussion on "Industry Perspectives on Patent Damages Including the Damages Component of Settlement Negotiations" at a conference on "Calculating & Proving Patent Damages" in Philadelphia last month, which was organized by Law Seminars International.

Alex also gave a talk on the Valuation of Settlement Positions. If you are interesting in receiving his PowerPoint presentation, please contact Alex at [email protected] and he will be happy to email it to you.

Suffern, NY - August 15, 2006 - Ryogen LLC (Ryogen) headquartered in Suffern, NY and OriGene Technologies Inc., of Rockwell, MD (OriGene) announced today that they have entered into a nonexclusive license agreement whereby OriGene has licensed from Ryogen the patent directed to the clinically important Aminopeptidase P gene.

Suffern, NY - August 15, 2006 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has scored another victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of "smart connector" patents owned by its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has settled its longstanding patent infringement lawsuit against Askey, its 24th successful litigation to enforce these patents.

SUFFERN, NY, July 6, 2006 - Ryogen LLC, headquartered in Suffern, NY, announced today that the company has entered into a nonexclusive license agreement with Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ: IVGN), headquartered in Carlsbad, CA, whereby Invitrogen has licensed from Ryogen the patent directed to the clinically important Aminopeptidase P gene.

GPC Represented Trounson Automation in this Transaction

June 8, 2006 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading IP licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, announced today that it has settled on behalf of its client, Trounson Automation LLC (Trounson), a patent infringement lawsuit against Yaskawa Electric Corporation of Japan and Yaskawa Electric America of Illinois (Yaskawa). GPC represents Trounson in the licensing and enforcement of its patent.

SUFFERN, NY, March 16, 2006 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today on behalf of its client, Scieran Technologies, Inc. of Mission Viejo, Cal., that it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Scieran against Bausch & Lomb Incorporated of Rochester, NY (Bausch & Lomb).

Acticon Technologies Settles Patent Infringement Suit with Startech.com, and Licenses Its "Programmable Connector" Patent to Several Other Companies

SUFFERN, NY, March 7, 2006 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has scored another victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of "smart connector" patents owned by its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has recently settled its lawsuit against Startech.com, its 23rd successful litigation to enforce these patents.

SUFFERN, NY, December 27, 2005 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) announced an important victory in its patent enforcement campaign on behalf of Advanced Card Technologies LLC (ACT). The reexamination of two of ACT's patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) resulted in an affirmation of validity of these two patents with approximately two hundred new claims being issued.

SUFFERN, NY, November 1, 2005 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading contingency IP licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, announced today that it has settled on behalf of its client, Upstream Technologies LLC (Upstream), a patent infringement lawsuit against Truck Accessories Group, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana (TAG). GPC represents Upstream in the enforcement of its patent.

BOCA RATON, FL., September 26, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) - Sticky Web, Inc. (PINK SHEETS: SIKY), a pioneer in OPT-IN e-mail technology, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading intellectual property firm, and its affiliate idea incubator, IP Holdings LLC.

The Letter of Intent contemplates establishing a joint venture between Sticky Web, Inc. and IP Holdings LLC for the purposes of licensing a proprietary bulk e-mail technology protected by the US Patent No. 6,631,400.

SUFFERN, NY, September 20, 2005 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) announced an important victory in its patent enforcement campaign on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). The reexamination of three of Acticon's patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO) upheld the validity of all of the claims of all three patents.

General Patent Represents Acticon in its 125th Licensing Transaction

SUFFERN, NY, May 23, 2005 - Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has recently reached an amicable settlement of its patent infringement claims with Dell Computer Corporation (NASDAQ: DELL) of Round Rock, TX, in connection with two of its "smart connector" patents. General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in this transaction.

Suffern, NY (PRWEB) January 12, 2005 - Moen Technologies LLC (Moen) has recently licensed U.S. Patent No. 5,864,604, directed to limited access communications over the internet, to Bic USA of Milford, CT. General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Moen in this transaction. In addition to the '604 patent licensed by Bic USA, the Moen patent portfolio includes two related patents, directed to limited access telephone communications.

SUFFERN, NY, October 18, 2004 -- Scieran Technologies, Inc. of San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Scieran) announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc. of San Dimas, Calif. (Bausch & Lomb).

General Patent Corporation (GPC) of Suffern, New York, a leading contingency patent enforcement firm, is the exclusive licensing agent for Scieran and is representing the company in the licensing and enforcement of its patent portfolio.

SUFFERN, NY, August 17, 2004 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading contingency IP licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, announced today that it has settled on behalf of its client, Zip Clip LLC (Zip Clip) a patent infringement lawsuit against Conair Corporation of Stamford, CT (Conair). GPC represents Zip Clip in the enforcement of its patent portfolio.

GPC brought suit on behalf of Zip Clip against Conair in December of 2003, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Conair ultimately agreed to settle the lawsuit.

SUFFERN, NY, May 20, 2004 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading contingency IP licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, announced today that its client, Moen Technologies LLC (Moen), has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP). GPC represents Moen in the licensing and enforcement of its patent portfolio.

SUFFERN, NY, April 29, 2004 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC) announced an important milestone in its patent enforcement campaign on behalf of Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC recently granted the 100th license under Acticon's portfolio of "smart connector" patents. Communication Automation Corporation of West Chester, Pennsylvania took a license under U.S. Patent No. 4,972,470 (Programmable Connector) for its specialty line of PC Cards.

SUFFERN, NY, March 1, 2004 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading contingency IP licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, announced today that its client, Forward Technologies LLC (Forward Technologies), has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Pacific Bell Telephone Company (Pacific Bell), and its parent company SBC Communications, Inc. (SBC) (NYSE:SBC). GPC represents Forward Technologies in the licensing and enforcement of its patent.

Suffern, NY - November 4, 2003 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has scored another major victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of four "smart connector" patents owned by its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has recently brought to a successful conclusion its lawsuit against Ambicom, Inc., its 21st successful litigation to enforce this patent portfolio.

EDMOND, OK, September 30, 2003 - SSI Technologies, a division of REG Oklahoma Acquisition LLC (SSI), a leading manufacturer of plastic cards, announced today its decision to aggressively enforce its portfolio of key patents related to plastic cards. To this end, SSI Technologies has transferred ownership of its patents to Advanced Card Technologies LLC (ACT) with a mandate to actively license and enforce the patents (ACT Patents).

Suffern, NY - September 3, 2003 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has scored another major victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of four "smart connector" patents owned by its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has recently brought to a successful conclusion its lawsuit against Adaptec Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT) and Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM), its 20th successful litigation to enforce this patent portfolio. Acticon brought suit against Adaptec and Iomega in August of 2002, in the U.S.

SUFFERN, N.Y., June 17, 2003 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has scored another victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of four "smart connector" patents owned by its wholly owned subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Orange Micro, Inc. of Anaheim, CA (Orange Micro). Acticon filed suit against Orange Micro in July of 2002 in the U.S.

March 25, 2003 - Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has recently licensed its four "smart connector" patents to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC), a worldwide conglomerate headquartered in Osaka, Japan which markets under the brand name Panasonic. General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in this transaction. "We are pleased to extend a license under the Acticon patents to Matsushita, a premier worldwide electronics manufacturer," said Alexander Poltorak, GPC's chairman and CEO.

SUFFERN, NY, March 19, 2003 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon), has entered into a license agreement with SBS Technologies (Nasdaq: SBSE), a New Mexico designer and manufacturer of PCMCIA form factor devices for the avionics and military industries, and other devices. GPC, a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in this transaction.

March 6, 2003 - SUFFERN, NY -- Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has recently licensed its four "smart connector" patents to Abocom Systems, Inc. of Taiwan, a manufacturer of PC Cards, and several other companies. General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in these transactions.

SUFFERN, NY, February 25, 2003 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has scored another important victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of four "smart connector" patents owned by its subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has recently brought to a successful conclusion its lawsuit against Psion, Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Psion PLC of London (LSE:PON.L). Following the Court's decision on certain key motions in favor of Acticon, Psion agreed to license the Acticon patents.

SUFFERN, N.Y., December 10, 2002 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, has scored another victory in its campaign to enforce a portfolio of four "smart connector" patents owned by its client, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). GPC announced today that Acticon has prevailed in its patent infringement lawsuit with EXP Computer, Inc. of Hicksville, NY (EXP). Acticon filed suit against EXP in May of 2001 in the U.S.

New book by patent experts is a clear and easy-to-follow recipe for success with intellectual property

Suffern, NY, November 5, 2002 - Dr. Alexander Poltorak's "Essentials of Intellectual Property, co-authored by Paul J. Lerner and published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., is the first easy-to-follow manual of intellectual property of its kind.

General Patent Corporation Represented Acticon in These Transactions

SUFFERN, N.Y., September 30, 2002 - Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has settled its patent infringement lawsuits with Lava Computer Manufacturing, Inc. of Toronto, Canada (Lava) and Taiwan First Line Electric Corp. of Taiwan, R.O.C. (Taiwan).

SUFFERN, NY, June 20, 2002- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a patent licensing, enforcement, and intellectual property (IP) consulting firm, will mark this year its 15th anniversary of spearheading the rights of inventors and advising corporate and university clients on IP strategy and management.

General Patent Corporation Represented Acticon in These Transactions

Suffern, NY - May 9, 2002 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon), have recently settled its lawsuit with National Instruments Corporation of Austin, TX (NASDAQ: NATI) regarding two of the "smart connector" patents owned by Acticon.

General Patent Corporation Represented Acticon in These Transactions

SUFFERN, NY, March 7, 2002 - Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has recently settled its patent infringement lawsuit with TDK Corporation of Japan (TDK), and entered into license agreements with several companies regarding its four "smart connector" patents. General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in these transactions.

SUFFERN, NY, November 7, 2001 - Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has recently entered into license agreements with several companies regarding its four "smart connector" patents, including Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) of Houston, TX. General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in these transactions.

SUFFERN, NY, October 16, 2001 - Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has entered into a license agreement with Keithley Instruments, Inc. (Keithley), a Cleveland, OH designer and manufacturer of electronic testing and measurement devices. As part of the agreement, Acticon stipulated to withdrawing its patent infringement lawsuit against Keithley, filed two weeks ago in New York. General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in this transaction.

SUFFERN, NY, August 7, 2001 - Ositech Communications, Inc., Guelph, ON Canada (Ositech), has been named in a patent infringement lawsuit by Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Patent Corporation (GPC). The suit seeks to enforce four of Acticon's patents that cover specific aspects of PC Card modems, other PCMCIA form-factor communications and IO devices, and smart connectors. The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

SUFFERN, NY, June 29, 2001 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), headquartered in Suffern, New York, and Fairfield Resources International, Inc. (FRI), headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, both leading intellectual property (IP) management firms, have been retained by John Mickowski of Tymac Controls Corporation, Franklin, New Jersey, as its exclusive IP management team.

SUFFERN, NY, May 10, 2001 - Two premier intellectual property (IP) strategy and management firms, General Patent Corporation (GPC) headquartered in Suffern, New York and Fairfield Resources International, Inc. (FRI) of Stamford, Connecticut, have joined forces in a strategic alliance.

"Fairfield Resources International, headed by the well-known IP licensing pioneer Emmett Murtha, is one of the finest and most reputable IP strategy firms in the world," said Alexander Poltorak, Chairman and CEO of GPC.

SUFFERN, NY, April 26, 2001 - Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has entered into a license agreement with D-Link Systems, Inc., an Irvine, CA vendor of PC card modems and LAN adaptors, and several other companies. General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in these transactions.

SUFFERN, NY, April 20, 2001 - Creative Labs, Inc., Milpitas, California, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CREAF), has been named in a patent infringement law suit by Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Patent Corporation (GPC). The suit seeks to enforce three of Acticon's patents that cover specific aspects of PC Card modems, the PCMCIA credit-card-sized modems used in notebook and laptop personal computers. The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

SUFFERN, NY, January 10, 2001 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management firm based in Suffern, NY, has reached settlement with Boca Research, Inc. (Boca), of a contract reformation lawsuit brought by GPC in May of 2000.

SUFFERN, NY, January 4, 2001 - Paul J. Lerner, Sr. Vice President and General Counsel of General Patent Corporation (GPC), was recently interviewed by Phillip Silverstein of the Wall Street Reporter Magazine, regarding an increase in the number of patent lawsuits currently being filed, and how it affects the business of an intellectual property management firm such as General Patent Corporation.

SUFFERN, NY, October 31, 2000 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management firm based in Suffern, NY, has reached a settlement with Smart Modular Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA (NASDAQ: SMOD), in a patent infringement suit brought by GPC in 1998. GPC sued Smart Modular Technologies in April of 1998 in the Federal Court, Northern District of California for patent infringement.

SUFFERN, NY, August 28, 2000 - Alexander Poltorak, Chairman and CEO of General Patent Corporation (GPC), was recently interviewed by David Zielenziger, host of "Internet Action," a Bloomberg Business Newscast, regarding the management of intellectual property in the Internet age.

Dr. Poltorak predicted that patent infringement litigation will explode within the next few years, due to the thousands of patents on e-commerce and business methods coming out of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

General Patent Corporation, an IP Management Firm, Represents Acticon in the Transaction

SUFFERN, NY, August 7, 2000 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), an Intellectual Property (IP) management firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, has been retained by Upstream Technologies LLC (Upstream) as its exclusive IP management agent.

SUFFERN, NY, June 19, 2000 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, announced the spin-off of its Acticon Technologies division into a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC.

SUFFERN, NEW YORK, April 18, 2000 - Acticon Technologies, a division of General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management company, has entered into non-exclusive licensing agreements with In-System Design, Inc., Boise, ID, and Infowave Software, Inc., Burnaby, Canada, vendors of USB smart cables. The licenses cover two GPC patents protecting smart connectors and cables and other communications devices.

SUFFERN, NY, April 12, 2000 - Thousands of business method and e-commerce patents filed by companies over the past 12 to 24 months and awaiting U.S. Patent & Trademark Office approval could affect the face of business for many years to come.

SUFFERN, NY, April 3, 2000 - Acticon Technologies, a division of General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management company, has entered into licensing agreements with Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., Mounds View, MN and New Media Technology Corporation, Irvine, CA. Both companies design and manufacture PC card modems and other communications equipment. The non-exclusive licenses cover four GPC patents, protecting aspects of PC card modems and other communications devices.

SUFFERN, NY, February 1, 2000 - General Patent Corporation, an intellectual property licensing company, has named Paul J. Lerner Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining GPC Mr. Lerner, 53, was a partner in the 65-lawyer Connecticut firm of Pepe & Hazzard, LLP.

SUFFERN, NY, December 21, 1999 - Acticon Technologies, a division of General Patent Corporation, has entered into a licensing agreement with Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), Newport Beach, CA. The licenses are for four of Acticon Technologies's patents covering specific aspects of PC card modems and other computer communications devices.

SUFFERN, NY, October 6, 1999 - General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property management company, has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with ActionTec Electronics, Inc., a Sunnyvale, CA maker of modems and other communications equipment. The licenses cover four GPC patents protecting aspects of PC card modems and other communications devices.

SUFFERN, N.Y., August 9, 1999 - Acticon Technologies (Acticon), a division of General Patent Corporation (GPC), has reached a settlement with Play Incorporated (Play), Rancho Cordova, CA, in a patent suit brought by Play against GPC in April 1997. At the conclusion of the mutual settlement agreement and the subsequent stipulated judgement, the patents in question remained valid and enforceable.

SUFFERN, N.Y., July 15, 1999 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has entered into a license agreement with 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) with respect to four of GPC's patents. The patents relate to specific aspects of PC card modems, network adapters and other computer communications devices.

The license agreement follows a settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit brought by GPC against IBM and U.S. Robotics in February of 1997. IBM settled the lawsuit in August of 1997 by licensing GPC's patents. U.S. Robotics was subsequently acquired by 3Com.

SUFFERN, N.Y., June 8, 1999 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has entered into a license agreement with Tokyo Electron Ltd. with respect to GPC's Connector Interface Patent. This basic "smart connector" patent (U.S. Patent No. 4,603,320) broadly covers electronic connectors with embedded intelligence including certain computer communications devices in PCMCIA form-factor.

"So far, we have licensed our patents to many manufacturers in the US," said Alexander Poltorak, GPC's Chairman and CEO. "We are pleased to welcome Tokyo Electron, a Japanese company, as our first overseas licensee."

SUFFERN, N.Y., January 19, 1999 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has reached an out-of-court settlement with Motorola, Inc. in a patent infringement suit brought by GPC in January 1998 to enforce four of GPC's patents which cover specific aspects of PCMCIA devices, PC card modems and other computer communications devices.

"We are very pleased with this settlement," said Alexander Poltorak, GPC's Chairman and CEO. "Motorola is a bright new star in our growing constellation of licensees, which include IBM, Xircom and Zoom Telephonics, just to name a few."

MONSEY, N.Y., October 26, 1998 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has reached an out-of-court settlement with Xircom, Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Cal.) in a patent infringement suit brought by GPC against seven leading modem manufacturers in May 1997 to enforce four of GPC's patents which cover specific aspects of PCMCIA devices, PC card modems and other computer communications devices.

MONSEY, N.Y., September 14, 1998 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has reached an out-of-court settlement with New Media Corporation (Irvine, Cal.) in a patent infringement suit brought by GPC against seven leading modem manufacturers in May 1997 to enforce four of GPC's patents which cover specific aspects of PCMCIA devices, PC card modems and other computer communications devices.

As part of the settlement, GPC obtained an equity stake in New Media. Licensing terms also include ongoing royalties.

MONSEY, N.Y., May 12, 1998 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has filed patent infringement lawsuit against Smart Modular Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA, to enforce four of GPC's patents which cover specific aspects of PCMCIA devices, PC card modems and other computer communications devices.

The patents include U.S. Patent Nos. 4,543,450 ("Integrated Connector and Modem"), U.S. Patent Nos. 4,603,320 ("Connector Interface"), 4,686,506 ("Multiple Connector Interface") and 4,972,470 ("Programmable Connector").

MONSEY, N.Y., March 17, 1998 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has entered into a license agreement with Zoom Telephonics, Inc. (ZOOM - NASDAQ) with respect to four of GPC's patents. The patents cover specific aspects of PC card modems and other computer communications devices.

Under the terms of the agreement, Zoom Telephonics agreed to license GPC's patents in exchange for royalty payments. Zoom also agreed to compensate GPC for the past sales of PC Card modems that used GPC's technology.

MONSEY, N.Y., February 17, 1998 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has reached an out-of-court settlement with Boca Research, Inc. in a patent infringement suit brought by GPC against seven modem manufacturers in May 1997 to enforce four of GPC's patents which cover specific aspects of PCMCIA devices, PC card modems and other computer communications devices. Under the settlement Agreement Boca Research agreed to license GPC's patents.

MONSEY, NY, January 27, 1998 - Motorola Inc. has been named in a patent infringement suit by General Patent Corporation (GPC). The suit seeks to enforce four of GPC's patents, which cover specific aspects of PC Card modems, the PCMCIA credit-card-size modems used in notebook and laptop personal computers.

MONSEY, N.Y., November 4, 1997 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has reached a settlement with GVC Technologies, dba Maxtech Corp., of Cerritos, California and Archtek America Corp. of City of Industry, California in a patent infringement suit brought by GPC in May 1997 against seven leading modem manufacturers. The suit was brought to enforce four of GPC's patents which cover specific aspects of PCMCIA devices, PC card modems and other computer communications devices. As part of the settlement, Maxtech and Archtek agreed to license GPC's patents. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

MONSEY, N.Y., August 26, 1997 - General Patent Corporation (GPC) has reached an out-of-court settlement with IBM Corporation in a patent infringement suit brought by GPC against IBM in March 1997 to enforce four of GPC's patents which cover specific aspects of PCMCIA devices, PC card modems and other computer communications devices. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

"We are delighted to have reached this agreement with IBM," said Alexander Poltorak, Ph.D., GPC's chairman and CEO. "We are looking forward to reaching similar agreements with the other industry players."

MONSEY, NY, June 9, 1997 - Seven leading modem manufacturers have been named in a patent infringement suit by General Patent Corporation (GPC). The suit seeks to enforce four of GPC's patents, which cover specific aspects of PC Card modems, the credit-card-size modems used in notebook and laptop personal computers. The alleged infringers include modem leaders Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. and Boca Research, Inc. The suit was filed in United States District Court for the Central District of California in Orange County.

Rights Cover Computer Communications and Interconnectivity Hardware Components and Devices

MONSEY, NY, February 25, 1997 - Acticon Technologies ("Acticon"), a division of General Patent Corporation (GPC), has retained the intellectual property law firm of Fish & Richardson, P.C. to enforce Acticon's rights under patents owned by Acticon. GPC is an international technology transfer company headquartered in Monsey, NY.

Rights Cover Smart Connectors and Other Computer Communications and Interconnectivity Hardware Components and Devices

MONSEY, NY, February 19, 1997 - Acticon Technologies, a Division of General Patent Corporation ("GPC"), has acquired a one half interest in three important connector patents from Anico Research, Ltd., a Mt. Kisco, NY R&D company. GPC is a technology transfer company headquartered in Monsey, NY.

Suffern, N.Y., February 7, 1997 - IBM Corporation and U. S. Robotics Corporation have been named in a patent infringement suit by General Patent Corporation (GPC) to enforce four of GPC's patents, which cover specific aspects of PC card modems and other computer communications devices.

The infringed patents include U.S. Patent Nos. 4,603,320 ("Connector Interface"); 4,686,506 ("Multiple Connector Interface"); 4,972,470 ("Programmable Connector") and U.S. Patent No. 4,543,450 ("Integrated Connector and Modem").

Rights Cover Computer Communications and Interconnectivity Hardware Components and Devices

MONSEY, NY, January 31, 1997 - Acticon Technologies, a division of General Patent Corporation ("GPC"), has signed an agreement with Rapitech Systems, Inc., Suffern, N. Y. (OTC - RPSY), concerning the ownership of five patents in the areas of computer communications and interconnectivity. GPC is an international technology transfer company headquartered in Monsey, NY.