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Technology Stocks : Gemstar Intl (GMST) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: capt rocky 1 who wrote (3758)	8/31/2000 11:17:32 AM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

<<could anyone list just what companies license our ip and who we have deals with.>> From the Annual Report (6/29/00) VCR Plus+ The Company has licensed the VCR Plus+ technology to virtually every major VCR manufacturer, including the following manufacturers and their associated North American, European, Asian and South American brands: Mitsubishi Electric Aiwa Company, Ltd. Corporation Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Akai Electric Co., Ltd. North American Philips Sharp Corporation Daewoo Electronics Company, Corporation Shintom Co., Ltd. Ltd. Orion Electric Company, Ltd. Sony Corporation Funai Electric Co., Ltd. Philips Electronics N.V. Thomson Consumer Electronics Goldstar Co., Ltd. Pioneer Electronics Corp. (Proscan, RCA, GE) Hitachi Corporation, Ltd. Samsung Electronics Company, Toshiba Corporation Victor Company of Japan, Matsushita Electric Ltd. Ltd. Zenith Electronics Industrial Co., Ltd. Corporation Interactive Program Guides The Company licenses the Gemstar Guide Technology to major consumer electronics manufacturers, including the following manufacturers and their associated North American, European, Asian and South American brands: Hitachi, Ltd. Philips Consumer Electronics Thomson Multimedia S.A. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Company (Proscan, RCA, GE) Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (Panasonic) Sanyo Electric Company, Ltd. Ltd. Mitsubishi Electric Zenith Electronics Corporation Sharp Corporation Corporation Sony Corporation The Company licenses the Gemstar Guide Technology to consumer electronics manufacturers for a combination of a one-time non-refundable fee and continuing license fees based on the number of units shipped incorporating the licensed technology. License agreements with such manufacturers have terms which typically range from three to seven years. The Company licenses the Gemstar Guide Technology to Service Providers, manufacturers in the cable, satellite and set-top box industries and others, including the following: Cable/Telecommunications Satellite and Set-Top Box Operators Manufacturers Others ------------------------ ------------------------------- --------------------- Americast Hitachi Corporation, Ltd. America Online, Inc. Cox Cable Communications Hughes Network Systems ATI International SRL GTE Communications Matsushita Consumer Electronics Microsoft Corporation Systems Quadravision Company US West Sony Corporation Toshiba Corporation Thomson Uniden America Corporation >>>>>>>> Thomson is the only licensee for the e-book software to my knowledge. Microsoft Reader, GlassBook, iBook, Adobe PDF secure documents (and others?) do not to my knowledge utilize the Softbook open standard controlled now by GMST, but I will happy to hear otherwise.