Mace Group, Inc. Purchases CORE Flash™ Portfolio License

CUPERTINO, Calif. – Nov. 14, 2007 – Alliacense today announced that Mace Group, Inc. has purchased a CORE Flash™ Portfolio license. Mace Group manufactures and sells consumer electronic peripheral equipment and accessories under the popular Macally brand, and becomes the third company to purchase a license in as many weeks.

“Mace Group is the third licensee to sign behind Brookstone and EDGE Tech Corp,” stated Bruce Sanderson, VP of Licensing for Alliacense.  “All three of these companies market and sell industry-leading products that rely on the steady adoption of innovative CORE Flash Portfolio features, and we are proud to contribute to their remarkable success.”

Alliacense created the CORE Flash Portfolio Licensing Program to serve leading system manufacturers and marketers of consumer electronics, computer systems, and printers, as well as retail digital photofinishing service providers, according to Sanderson. He also stated that licensing discussions are progressing with many major system manufacturers and marketers worldwide.

About the CORE Flash Portfolio

The CORE Flash Portfolio contains intellectual property that was developed and productized by The TPL Group’s OnSpec Division. The portfolio includes 16 U.S. and international patents and 13 patent applications. CORE Flash Portfolio innovations protect key aspects of flash memory management and control, including software, firmware, hardware, and mechanical designs. 

About Macally / Mace Group, Inc.

Since 1975, Macally has been delivering aesthetically pleasing, high quality, competitively-priced consumer electronic peripheral equipment and accessories to satisfied customers. The company’s mission is to create easy-to-use products that add enjoyment — not complexity — to life. The company’s innovative and attractive product lines provide solutions for customers’ mobile lifestyle as well as the home and office. Macally’s solutions include feature-rich MP3 accessories (headphones, speakers, batteries and cables/adapters), mobile accessories (carrying cases, screen protectors, media readers, cables/adapters) and input devices (mice, keyboards and game controllers). For more information, go to http://www.macally.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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