General Patent Corp. Licenses Acticon Technologies Patents to CATC and Several Other Companies

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General Patent Corp. Licenses Acticon Technologies Patents to CATC and Several Other Companies
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General Patent Corp. represented Acticon Technologies in recent licensing transactions to several companies, including Computer Access (CATC), Nortel and InFocus. The Acticon patents cover "smart connectors" such as PC cards used in mobile networking.

(PRWEB) April 5, 2004--Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has recently licensed two of its smart connector patents to Computer Access Technology Corporation, popularly called CATC (NASDAQ: CATZ), a global communication protocols company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. General Patent Corporation International (GPCI), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in this transaction.

We are pleased to extend a license on these strategic patents to CATC, said Paul J. Lerner, GPCIs Sr. Vice President and General Counsel. Companies throughout the industry continue their high regard for Acticons proprietary technology.

Acticons smart connector patents cover specific aspects of smart connector devices used in mobile computer communication, networking, and instrumentation control. GPCI has successfully represented Acticon in 22 litigations related to these patents.

Other companies that have recently licensed the Acticon patents include InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS) (OSE:IFC) of Wilsonville, Oregon, a worldwide leader in digital projection technology; Corelis, Inc., a Cerritos, California vendor of Boundry-Scan (JTAG) Controller PC Card products; Kvaser Inc., a Port Hueneme, CA vendor of CAN (Control Area Network) PC Card products; Nethawk Oyj, an international company headquartered in Finland which specializes in products used for testing mobile networks; Fourstar Group Inc. of Taiwan, an international product design company; Technowarehouse, a Wichita, Kansas vendor of PC Card products; and Contec Co., Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, an international vendor of PC based I/O products. In addition, Nortel Networks Limited of Ontario, Canada, Nortel Networks, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina, Argosy Technology, Inc. of Baldwin Park, California and DoTop Technology, Inc. of Taiwan entered into settlement agreements with respect to the sale of PC Card and other smart connector products.

About Acticon Technologies

Acticon Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Patent Corporation International, is a computer connectivity and communications technology company based in Suffern, NY. Acticons award-winning smart connector technology is based on U.S. Patent Nos. 4,603,320 (Connector Interface) (now expired), 4,686,506 (Multiple Connector Interface), 4,972,470 (Programmable Connector) and 4,543,450 (Integrated Connector and Modem) (now expired). Acticon Technologies offers non-exclusive licenses under the 470 and 506 patents on attractive terms. For licensing terms, contact Kathlene Ingham at (845) 368-4000, x107. For more information visit www.acticontech.com.

About General Patent Corporation International

General Patent Corporation International (GPCI) is the premier IP licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, NY. GPCI represents clients in IP enforcement matters and licensing transactions on a contingency basis. For more information visit www.patentclaim.com.

General Patent Corporation (GPC), an affiliate of GPCI, is a leading intellectual property management firm. GPC provides IP analysis and strategy, IP audit and valuation, IP portfolio mining and management, and technology transfer services to domestic and foreign businesses, universities, research institutions and individual inventors. For more information visit www.generalpatent.com.

For further information on Acticon, GPC and GPCI contact General Patent Corporation, Montebello Park, 75 Montebello Road, Suffern, NY 10901-3740; telephone: (845) 368-4000; e-mail: e-mail protected from spam bots.

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