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2001 News

19 December 2001
QED merges with US intellectual property firm

QED Intellectual Property Limited (QED), the patent licensing arm of technology development and licensing company, Scipher plc is proud to announce a merger with Fairfield Resources International Inc.

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5 December 2001
QED licenses Imagination Technologies' PC-TV tuner patents to Hauppauge

QED Intellectual Property Limited ("QED") today announces that it has granted a licence to Hauppauge Digital, Incorporated ("Hauppauge") to use multimedia patents owned by Imagination Technologies plc.

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12 November 2001
Acquisition of Fairfield Resources International Incorporated

Scipher plc ("Scipher") is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Fairfield Resources International, Incorporated ("FRI"), an intellectual property management business based in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, to acquire the entire share capital of FRI. Consideration for the acquisition is for £3.2m, satisfied by the allotment and issue of 2,797,615 new Scipher shares. Completion of the transaction is subject to, among other things, approval by the shareholders of FRI.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The Scipher shares will not be registered in the United States and may only be offered or sold in the United States pursuant to an exemption from registration. No public offering of Scipher shares will be made in conjunction with this transaction.


1 October 2001
QED to license Toyota's automotive patents

QED Intellectual Property Limited, the patent licensing arm of technology development and licensing company, Scipher plc, is delighted to announce that it has signed a licensing agreement with Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories in Japan.

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16 July 2001
Sportech Appoints QED to Manage Licensing of Patent Portfolio

Sportech plc announces that it has signed an agreement with QED, the Patent Licensing arm of technology development and licensing company, Scipher plc. QED will manage the portfolio of 20 US and European patents belonging to the Rodime Technologies division of Sportech.

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18 July 2001
Texas Instruments and Scipher Collaborate on Audio Technology

LONDON, U.K. - Scipher plc (LSE:SIP), the technology development and licensing company, and Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE:TXN) today announced a strategic alliance to develop and provide a range of advanced audio technology for the next generation of automotive, wireless and consumer products.

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29 june 2001
QED license Imagination Technologies'multimedia tuner patents to Samsung

QED today announces that they have granted a license to Samsung Electronics to use the PC/TV tuner patents owned by Imagination Technologies. The technology covered by the patents enables TV to be watched on a PC / multimedia device.

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20 April 2001
QED Co-Sponsors Leading Forum For Intellectual Property Licensing

QED is pleased to announce that it is co-sponsoring the Fourth Executive Briefing by the online technology and IP market place, yet2.com. Held on April 23rd - 24th in Boston, the briefing will provide an opportunity for licensing executives and senior managers from international Fortune 500 companies to exchange ideas surrounding the future of licensing and intellectual property on the Internet.

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4 April 2001
QED establishes strategic presence in Nordic Region

QED today announced that Göran Nordlundh, the recently retired Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Business Development, IPR and Licensing, of Ericsson is to assist QED, as Associate for the Nordic Region.

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17 January 2001
QED paves the way for licensing IP with Japan

QED today announced the opening of an office in Tokyo aimed at facilitating the commercial exploitation of IP into and out of Japan.

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