Brookstone First Retailer to Purchase CORE Flash™ Portfolio License from The TPL Group

Features technology in new line of digital photo accessories

CUPERTINO, Calif. – Oct. 30, 2007 – Alliacense today announced that innovative product developer and specialty retailer Brookstone has become one of the first companies to purchase a license to use intellectual property protected by the CORE Flash Portfolio. Specific terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

“We welcome Brookstone as one of our first CORE Flash licensees, and we look forward to CORE Flash technologies playing a key role in the innovative products they bring to market,” stated Bruce Sanderson, VP of Licensing for Alliacense.  Noting the widespread use of the CORE Flash technology, he added, “CORE Flash licensing opportunities are being discussed with dozens of other companies worldwide.”

“By leveraging the CORE Flash Portfolio from Alliacense, Brookstone provides discerning consumers the highest-quality digital-photo frames and accessories,” said Brookstone President and CEO Lou Mancini.  “We believe this market will only continue to grow as more and more people look to Brookstone for innovative ways to display their digital images.”

The CORE Flash Portfolio teaches fundamental design techniques for flash memory card readers.  With the proliferation of flash memory cards and a broad range of card formats, such as CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, MMC and xD-Picture Card, TPL’s CORE Flash Portfolio has become a vital necessity for products incorporating flash memory card readers.   Examples of such products include: printers, personal computers, PDA’s, cell phones, digital picture frames, televisions, and digital photofinishing equipment.

About the CORE Flash Portfolio

The CORE Flash Portfolio intellectual property that was developed and productized by The TPL Group’s OnSpec Division. The portfolio includes 15 U.S. and international patents and 14 patent applications. CORE Flash Portfolio innovations protect key aspects of flash memory management and control, including software, firmware, hardware, and mechanical designs. 

About Brookstone

Brookstone, Inc. is an innovative product development and specialty lifestyle retail company that operates 309 Brookstone Brand stores nationwide and in Puerto Rico. Typically located in high-traffic regional shopping malls and airports, the stores feature unique and innovative consumer products. The Company also operates a Direct Marketing business that includes the Brookstone catalog and an e-commerce Web site at www.brookstone.com.

About Alliacense
Alliacense is a TPL Group Enterprise offering best-in-class licensing program management, encompassing customer development and licensing execution.  As a cadre of licensing experts, Alliacense also implements programs that expand awareness of other TPL Group portfolios that provide fundamental technologies to the electronics industry. The TPL Group is an intellectual property development and management firm founded in 1988.  For more information, visit www.alliacense.com.

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All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Brookstone Contact – Robert Padgett, 603-577-8097, media@brookstone.com

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