“We welcome DIRECTV to the rapidly growing list of MMP licensees,” said Carl Silverman, vice president of licensing for Alliacense. “The recently announced settlement in the MMP patent-infringement case, together with a favorable Markman ruling, have really ignited our licensing activity.”

“Everyone knows DIRECTV and their inclusion in the ever-expanding ranks of MMP licensees really underscores the ubiquity of this valuable technology,”said Patriot’s President and CEO, Jim Turley.

The sweeping scope of applications using MMP Portfolio design techniques continues to encourage the world’s leading manufacturers of end user products from around the globe to become MMP Portfolio licensees. Since January 2006 over 30 global companies from the U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan have purchased MMP Portfolio licenses.