``TPL Group Chairman Dan Leckrone, reaffirmed his company`s longstanding philosophy to encourage cooperation instead of litigation. ``Since TPL began managing intellectual property more than 15 years ago, our business strategy has always been driven by relationship building and constructive cooperation. Our agreement with Patriot Scientific is a good example of this strategy at work.``

The TPL Group announced that the licensing program for the patents will be managed by Alliacense, a core group of senior TPL Group executives directly responsible for the development and commercialization of the firm`s patent portfolios.

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``e.Digital further announced today that it has initiated efforts to partner with an intellectual property management company to jointly pursue monetizing the company’s patent portfolio.

“With the proliferation of flash memory based products and the increasing recording capacity of flash, we believe our patent holdings in this area are fundamental and valuable, particularly in the areas of content file management, optimal flash memory management, and in removable flash applications,” concluded Blakeley. “With the assistance of an intellectual property management partner, our strategy is to aggressively pursue licensing agreements with companies we believe have products utilizing our intellectual property.”