Sisvel Spa Opens a New Office in Japan: SISVEL JAPAN

Sisvel Spa, a multinational company with headquarters in Italy
specializing in the protection and exploitation of intellectual
property rights, announces the opening in Tokyo of SISVEL JAPAN, KK.
The new company started operations on February 9th and has its offices
on the 9th floor of the Imperial Hotel Tower, in the area where some
of the most important Japanese companies are based. The official
opening took place on March 16th when the top management from the
multinational company was introduced to the press and a number of
prestigious members of the Japanese business community. The event was
a success and was arranged with the invaluable assistance of JETRO
(Japan External Trade Organisation) who helped Sisvel in establishing
the new company. The gala was attended by several managers of some of
the most important Japanese consumer electronics companies and by the
Italian Minister Counsellor, Mr. Aldo Amati.

Mr. Toshifumi Futamata has been selected as the CEO of the new
company. Mr. Futamata is a manager who has gained experience over the
years in one of the most prestigious company in the electronics
sector: Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic). During his more
than 30 years with Panasonic, a point of reference for Japan's
economy, Mr. Futamata worked his way up the corporate ladder. He was
in charge of managing the first Singapore office for mobile
communications and was later appointed as Chief Licensing Specialist
leading the company's mobile telephone licensing program.

The mission of SISVEL JAPAN is to promote in Japan the
opportunities offered by intellectual property, thus assisting Sisvel
Spa in the quest of new business opportunities and future licensing
programs. At the same time, SISVEL JAPAN will assist Sisvel in
identifying within Japan new potential licensees interested in
Sisvel's patent portfolio.

SISVEL JAPAN becomes the newest member of a group that since 1982
works on protecting inventions and research and development
investments with offices in China (Sisvel Hong Kong, Ltd.), the United
States (Audio MPEG, Inc.) and Europe (Sisvel Spa together with
representative offices in Germany.)

Sisvel has worked from its earliest beginnings with most, if not
all, of the largest Japanese companies in the electronics sector
specializing in the manufacturing of television sets, decoders,
digital TV, DVD players, MP3 players, such as Toshiba, Sony, and
Panasonic. As of today, Sisvel has among its licensees the main
producers in the world of consumer electronics, such as Apple, Nokia,
and Motorola for a total of more than 800 licensees. Microsoft is one
of the most recent companies to be licensed by Sisvel under the MPEG
audio compression patents.