News Releases

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