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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 of Round Rock, TX, in connection with two
of its “smart connector” patents. General
Patent Corporation International (GPCI), a leading patent
licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern,
New York, represented Acticon in this transaction.
“We have now obtained 125 settlements and license
agreements for Acticon,” said Paul J. Lerner, GPCI’s
Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, “and we
look forward to licensing the remaining companies.”
Acticon’s “smart connector” patents
cover specific aspects of PC cards and other “smart
connector” devices used in mobile computer communication,
networking, and instrumentation control. GPCI has successfully
represented Acticon in 22 litigations and over one hundred
licensing negotiations related to these patents.
Other companies that have recently reached settlements
with Acticon include Compucable Corp. d/b/a Addlogix
of Irvine, CA and Speed Dragon Multimedia of Hong Kong.
In addition, the following companies have recently licensed
Acticon’s “programmable connector” patent:
Communication Automation of West Chester, PA; IBP Instruments
GmbH of Germany; Colorgraphic Communications of Atlanta,
GA; Red River Engineering of Richardson, TX; Condor
Engineering of Santa Barbara, CA; Hardware & Software
Technology GmbH of Germany; DSP Research of Sunnyvale,
CA; AIM-USA of Elkhorn, NE; IXXAT, Inc. of Bedford,
NH; Surecom Technology Corp. of Taiwan; SYBA Multimedia
of Montclair, CA; LaCie Limited of Hillsboro, OR; iba
America of Alpharetta, GA; Good Way Technology Co. of
Taiwan; Kouwell Electronics of Taiwan; Unixtar Technology
of Taiwan; Kingnet Technology Co. of Taiwan; Echelon
Corporation of San Jose, CA; Teletronics Technology
of Newtown, PA; and Hilscher North America of Warrenville,
IL.
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