General Patent Settles Lawsuit with Truck Accessories Group

SUFFERN, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2005 -- General Patent Corporation International (GPCI), a leading contingency IP licensing and enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, announced today that it has settled on behalf of its client, Upstream Technologies LLC (Upstream), a patent infringement lawsuit against Truck Accessories Group, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana (TAG). GPCI represents Upstream in the enforcement of its patent.

GPCI brought suit against TAG on behalf of Upstream in March of 2005, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The parties ultimately agreed to amicably settle the lawsuit.

US Patent No. 6,286,891, "Removable Front Camper Shell Window Assembly," the patent-in-suit, covers camper shell window assemblies for pickup trucks, which are widely used in the camper industry.

"We are happy to have obtained this settlement for our client," said Paul Lerner, GPCI's Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, "and we hope that the rest of the industry will respect this intellectual property without the need for litigation."

About Upstream LLC

Upstream LLC is the owner of United States Patent No. 6,286,891, "Removable Front Camper Shell Window Assembly". Upstream is a portfolio company of IP Holdings LLC.

About General Patent Corporation International

General Patent Corporation International (GPCI) is the oldest contingency IP licensing and enforcement firm in the US. GPCI, headquartered in Suffern, NY, 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, patent sale and acquisition, and technology transfer services to domestic and foreign businesses, universities, research institutions and individual inventors. For more information visit www.generalpatent.com.

IP Holding LLC, another affiliate of GPCI, is an IP-centric merchant banking organization and an idea incubator. For more information visit www.ip-holdings.com.

For further information on Upstream, GPC and GPCI contact General Patent Corporation, Montebello Park, 75 Montebello Road, Suffern, NY 10901-3740; telephone: (845) 368-4000; e-mail: info@gpci.com.