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Hop-on Receives U.S. Design Patent on MP3 PhoneIRVINE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- HOP-ON, INC. (Pink Sheets:HPNN) announced today that the Company has successfully received from The United States of America a Design Patent on a MP3 Phone with speakers on the side, in addition to front and side buttons to activate its camera/video features. Mr. Michaels, President of Hop-on, Inc. stated "We look forward to the four major carriers, manufactures selling products and major retailers in the US to cooperate with Hop-on's past and future royalties of its design patent. Most MP3 flip phones on the market today have speakers on the side of the phones. We will be seeking royalties from previous and future sales of this design; there have been millions of similar phones sold on the market." In the past, Hop-on's subsidiary had signed essential license agreements with Philips, Siemens, Alcatel, Ericsson, InterDigital, Lucent, Motorola, NEC and Nokia for their intellectual property. About HOP-ON, INC. HOP-ON (Pink Sheets:HPNN) develops and markets wireless phones and accessories as well as wireless surveillance systems. Its product line includes the next generation CDMA2000 handsets designed by its R&D team as well as GSM/GPRS handsets. HOP-ON targets its phones to both emerging market carriers and other domestic carriers and resellers needing an entry level priced phone. In addition, HOP-ON offers a line of innovative and attractively priced wireless accessories for both HOP-ON phones and other leading manufacturers as well as affordable, wireless surveillance systems. HOP-ON is also known for developing the world's first disposable cell phone. It was an IS-95 CDMA phone that was sold to consumers with prepaid airtime and included the capability to add on additional minutes. For more information, visit http://www.Hop-on.com. This news release includes forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, the Company's business and financial plans, strategies and prospects. Although the Company believes that its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that it will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many of the forward-looking statements contained in this news release may be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, should, planned, will, may, intend, estimated, and potential, among others. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made in this news release include market conditions and those set forth in any reports or documents that the Company may publicly file from time to time. All forward-looking statements attributable to the company or a person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary language. |
