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.