CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb 08, 2008 -- Patriot Scientific (OTCBB:PTSC) announced today that The DIRECTV Group has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group, Patriot's exclusive licensing partner. DIRECTV distributes digital entertainment programming via satellite to residential and commercial subscribers.
"We welcome DIRECTV to the rapidly growing list of MMP licensees," said Carl Silverman, vice president of licensing for Alliacense. "The recently announced settlement in the MMP patent-infringement case, together with a favorable Markman ruling, have really ignited our licensing activity."
"Everyone knows DIRECTV and their inclusion in the ever-expanding ranks of MMP licensees really underscores the ubiquity of this valuable technology," said Patriot's President and CEO, Jim Turley.
The sweeping scope of applications using MMP Portfolio design techniques continues to encourage the world's leading manufacturers of end user products from around the globe to become MMP Portfolio licensees. Since January 2006 over 30 global companies from the U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan have purchased MMP Portfolio licenses.
About Patriot Scientific
Patriot Scientific is a leading intellectual-property licensing company that develops, markets, and enables innovative technologies that satisfy the demands of fast-growing markets for wireless devices, smart cards, home appliances, network gateways, set-top boxes, entertainment technology, automotive telematics, biomedical devices, industrial controllers and more. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., information about the company can be found at http://www.ptsc.com.
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About DIRECTV
The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) is a world-leading provider of digital television entertainment services. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries in Latin America, the DIRECTV Group provides digital television service to more than 16.6 million customers in the United States and over 4.6 million customers in Latin America. For more information on DIRECTV, visit http://www.directv.com.
About the MMP Portfolio
The Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) Portfolio contains intellectual property that is jointly owned by the privately held TPL Group and publicly held Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTCBB:PTSC). The portfolio includes seven U.S. patents as well as their European and Japanese counterparts. It is becoming widely recognized that these patents protect fundamental technology used in designing microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), embedded processors and system-on-chip (SoC) devices. The MMP portfolio is exclusively managed by Alliacense, a TPL Group Enterprise.
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Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) and Alliacense are trademarks of Technology Properties Limited (TPL). PTSC is a trademark of Patriot Scientific Corporation. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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