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U.S. International Trade Commission Institutes Investigation of Whether Phone.com and Sanyo Violate
Geoworks Patent Rights
Tuesday, October 10, 2000 06:20:02 AM - PR Newswire

ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct 10, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Geoworks Corporation (Nasdaq: GWRX), a
leading innovator in mobile data communications services and technologies, today announced that the U.S. International
Trade Commission (ITC) has instituted an investigation into whether Phone.com, Inc., Sanyo Electric Co., and Sanyo
North America Corp. are violating Geoworks` U.S. Patent No. 5,327,529 for Geoworks` Flexible User Interface (Flex
UI(TM)). The ITC investigation covers wireless communication devices and components, including Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP) cell phones that contain Phone.com`s UP.Browser.

ITC Administrative Law Judge Debra Morriss will preside over the trial and issue an initial decision. The ITC typically
issues a final determination in 12 months following institution of an investigation. The ITC can issue exclusion orders that
direct the U.S. Customs Service to stop all further importation into the United States of Sanyo WAP cell phones
containing Phone.com`s UP.Browser. The ITC can also issue cease and desist orders prohibiting Sanyo and Phone.com
from selling their domestic inventories of imported WAP cell phones and components that infringe Geoworks` Flex
UI(TM) patent.

Geoworks` Flex UI technology is available under a licensing program described at the Geoworks web site,
www.geoworks.com . Sanyo WAP cell phones use the Phone.com UP.Browser. Geoworks contends that Phone.com
built the UP.Browser using Geoworks`s Flex UI(TM) technology, then filed suit in California to attack the Geoworks
patent instead of paying the licensing royalty. Geoworks filed its complaint for patent infringement at the ITC in order to
obtain rapid resolution of this dispute. Patent disputes involving complex technology are handled on an expedited
schedule at the ITC. Geoworks anticipates that the ITC investigation will provide the earliest possible protection for
itself and its licensees from the unfair competition posed by Phone.com and Sanyo.

About Geoworks

Geoworks Corporation is a leading innovator in wireless data communications services and technologies for the
business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets. Geoworks` Mobile ASP(TM) solution utilizes a flexible
combination of its proprietary Premion(R) Server+ technology and its mobile media expertise to enable businesses to
reach their mobile customers with relevant and timely information. Geoworks AirBoss(TM) client/server mobile data
solutions provide carrier-grade customizable systems ranging from field service applications to telematics solutions.
Based in Alameda, California, the company has offices in New Jersey, Japan and the United Kingdom, and can be
found on the World Wide Web at www.geoworks.com .

In keeping with U.S. law, Geoworks notes that this press release includes forward-looking statements, pertaining to the
emergence of, and Geoworks` participation in, the mobile data and technology licensing and services markets, as well as
Flex UI patent litigation. Actual results may vary significantly due to various risks and uncertainties. Those include, but
are not limited to, the following: (i) the mobile data and technology services market may not emerge to the degree or
timing anticipated; and (ii) new technologies and new services are inherently subject to development, timing, and
consumer-acceptance risks. Moreover, the outcome and cost of litigation is difficult to assess. Additional information is
available in the Risk Factors and Business discussions in the Company`s Forms 10- K, 10-Q, and other filings available
from the Company or from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE Geoworks Corporation