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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (11329)	10/15/1998 9:16:00 AM
From: esterina	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Good news for Web T.V.and the V-Chip Notification of Patent Issue Strengthens Tri-Vision's Licensing Position Business Wire - October 15, 1998 06:31 Jump to first matched term TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1998-- Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee is Pleased to Announce That It has Received Notification That U.S. Patent 5,828,402 is to be Issued Protecting Its Unique, Flexible V-gis(TM) V-Chip Technology. Award winning v-chip inventor and Tri-Vision (TSE:TVL) Director Tim Collings has received a Notification of Issue from the Patent and Trademark Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce indicating a Patent covering the technology will issue on or about October 27th. The patent covers "a method and apparatus for selectively blocking audio and video signals." Tri-Vision retains the exclusive worldwide rights to Tim Collings' v-chip technology for an initial 20-year period. Tri-Vision President & CEO Najmul Siddiqui says the patent reinforces the unique nature of the company's V-gis(TM) v-chip technology. "This goes a long way toward strengthening Tri-Vision's ability to license its v-chip technology to manufacturers of television and electronics equipment in the U.S. and worldwide," Siddiqui says. For Tri-Vision Director Tim Collings, the patent marks another significant milestone since he began developing v-chip technology following the brutal massacre of 12 female Canadian engineering students back in 1989. "I am very pleased to see the issue of a Patent that recognizes the many years of hard work and dedication of all those responsible for introducing the v-chip as a much-needed tool for parents everywhere," Collings says. V-gis(TM) decoders, which allow parents to monitor what TV programming comes into the home, were rolled out to retail stores this month including Sam's Discount Warehouse, Toys 'R Us and H.H. Gregg. V-gis(TM) decoders are also available through the Internet at the V-gis(TM) Website at www.v-gis.com. Highlighting Flexibility, Tri-Vision's V-Chip In Line With Industry & FCC Recommendations North America's Electronic Industry Association (EIA) recently commenced a revision to its standard for the specifications of v-chip technology calling for such devices to have the ability to accommodate different TV ratings systems in addition to the two now being used in the U.S. The Federal Communications Commission has also recommended that v-chip technology used by TV manufacturers be flexible to change. With Tim Collings' v-chip patent specifying the capability of adapting to multiple and changing television ratings systems, the news from the EIA is a sign that the electronics industry now recognizes the need for flexibility. Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee is a public company founded in 1986 and trades on Canada's Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TVL. Tri-Vision Electronics Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee, holds the exclusive global rights to the proprietary v-chip technology developed by award-winning Canadian inventor, Tim Collings. For investor information, contact Century Communications Corporation at 888/298-8551 (toll free), visit the company Website at www.tri-vision.ca or e-mail to tri-vision@tri-vision.ca. For public relations information, contact McGee Best Frank & Ingram at 615/255-6234 ext. 116 or e-mail to cc@mbfi-nashville.c-gis. Visit the V-gis(TM) Website at www.v-gis.com. Note to Editors: The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not approve or disapprove of the adequacy or accuracy of this release. CONTACT: Century Communications Investors: 888/298-8551 or McGee Best Frank & Ingram Media: 615/255-6234 ext. 116

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (11329)	10/15/1998 12:53:00 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Dan, Having fun on the Clinton thread? How's the godless, commie, pinko liberal holding up against the purveyors of "truth"? -VBG- To the subject at hand... Intel's got a different legal approach, though. I cannot, for the life of me, understand the FTC's "case" against Intel. They are most certainly not a monopoly. Just another example of overzealous bureaucrats and government lawyers trying to put the hammer down on a successful company. Understand the law, try to stay within it, at least technically, and leave your legal troubles to the lawyers. Understand the law? Stay within it? How can anyone or any business stay within laws that were obviously crafted at the Mad Hatters tea party? Most people don't really want to know about antitrust matters. Unfortunately true. Being successful is good. Being overly successful is un-American. That's all most people care to know, at least until their portfolios take a hit. Laugh at Ayn Rand if you like, but, IMO, she was right on in her views of the consequences of the heavy hand of government interfering in the marketplace. Today MSFT, INTC, CSCO, Visa and MasterCard. Tomorrow, who knows? As low as my opinion is of the regulators and their true motives, the so called free enterprise libertarians in Silicon Valley who support the government in this matter, as it suits their interests, are even lower. I can hardly wait to hear their squeals of protest when the day comes that some of them are hauled into court. Principles do matter. Regards, JB