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Trek Secures Its Third Patent

Trek’s IP solutions receive rapid global recognition and protection as more countries join the growing list of patent approvals

SINGAPORE, (1 June 2004) – Mainboard listed engineering solutions provider, Trek 2000 International Ltd (“Trek” or “the Group”) today announce that its “Email On-the Move” solution has received its first patent approval.

“Email On-the-Move” is a software incorporated in Trek’s ThumbDrives that enables users to save email messages into their personal data storage devices. This solution allows users to download emails from different computers without leaving traces in the computers through which they use to download the emails.

As businesses and professionals become increasingly mobile, they now have the need to download emails while they are on the move to stay abreast of their business developments. Hence the importance of maintaining the security and confidentiality over these messages is fast becoming key considerations.

Unfortunately, these security concerns are frequently hampered by access to computers used for downloading of emails. With this latest solution from Trek, road warriors will now have easier accessibility to their emails while at the same time protecting the confidentiality and integrity of their messages and information.

The Group has also received patent rights for its portable data storage solution from Brunei, Eurasia, Myanmar, Oman and Qatar. The approvals are the latest to join the growing list of patent protection that Trek has received to date from Lebanon, Mongolia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea and UK.

In addition, Trek’s biometrics data storage solution has received further patent protection from countries like Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Eurasia, Iran, New Zealand, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Syria and UK. Adding to these 13 countries, patent approvals for the biometrics ThumbDrive solution has also been granted previously by Bahrain, Lebanon, Namibia and Singapore.

Commenting on Trek’s developments today, Mr Henn Tan, Chairman and CEO of Trek said: “We are very pleased that a growing number of countries around the world are now recognizing and protecting our library of patents for the solutions we develop. This is a strong mandate to all our engineers at Trek and to other creative professionals in the market to assure them that intellectual property recognition and protection will soon become a norm rather than an exception in the near future.”

These developments will not have any significant financial impact on the performance of the Group in the current financial year.

About TREKSTOR USA, Inc.
 
TREKSTOR USA, Inc. and its parent company TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL LTD offer state-of-the-art design solutions ranging from portable storage devices, digital audio and video products to sophisticated ASIC design - all catering to the fast changing digital industry. TREK has offices all over the world including the U.S., Malaysia, Thailand, India, Hong Kong and Singapore to serve the rapidly expanding markets in all regions. A public company on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX: TREK), TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL LTD is named by Forbes Global as one of the Best Small Companies in the World for 2000. TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL LTD is also ranked as the Best Managed Small Company in Singapore by AsiaMoney (of Euromoney).

For more information, visit http://www.thumbdrive.com and http://www.trekstorusa.com.

Trekstor USA Contact: 
TREKSTOR USA, Inc., Livermore
info@trekstorusa.com 

Press Contacts:
Trek 2000 International
Shirley Tan
shirley@trek2000.com.sg