News Releases

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.

Creating Wealth from a Wealth of Ideas

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.

Suffern, NY - October 6, 2006 - On September 10th, Alex Poltorak gave a talk on the Fundamentals of Assertive Licensing at the 2006 Licensing Executives Society (LES) Annual Meeting in New York.

To view the PowerPoint presentation based on Dr. Poltorak's talk in PDF form, please click on the file link below.

Alexander Poltorak, our President and CEO, spoke at the Intellectual Property Owners conference on Patent Trolls in Washington, DC in March 2005.

SUFFERN, NY, September 23, 2003 — 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 The Coca Cola Company, Inc. (NYSE: KO). GPC represents Moen in the licensing and enforcement of its patent portfolio.

SUFFERN, N.Y., January 14, 2003 - IDN Technologies LLC (IDNT) announced today that General Patent Corporation (GPC), a premier patent enforcement firm, will manage the licensing and enforcement of its patent portfolio covering the use of internationalized domain names for the Internet, recently acquired from WALID, Inc. IDNT and GPC are headquartered in Suffern, New York.