Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION
275 Shoreline Drive, Suite 520, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Telephone: 415-802-7888 Fax: 415-802-7777
http://www.cic.com
Contact(s): Beverly Scott Maurice Boucher
Jill Schmidt Manager, Marketing Communications Investor Relations
S&S Public Relations Phone: 415-802-7754 415-631-7888
847-291-1616 bscott@cic.com mboucher@cic.com
COMPUSA EXPANDS OFFERING OF CIC HANDWRITER-Registered Trademark- PRODUCT
INTO COMPUSA STORES NATIONWIDE
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, JANUARY 14, 1997 -- (Nasdaq: CICI) Communication
Intelligence Corporation announced today that CompUSA is expanding its stocking
of CIC's Handwriter-Registered Trademark- product into its United States stores,
chain-wide, after a four-store introduction in November and December, 1996. In
addition, Handwriter-Registered Trademark- is currently available through
CompUSA's Internet web site (www.compusa.com) under "Hot New Products."
CompUSA has over 120 stores in the United States. CIC chose CompUSA for initial
retail distribution of the Handwriter-Registered Trademark- product line based
on CompUSA's reputation as a high-technology innovator. The national chain-wide
rollout of the Handwriter-Registered Trademark- product line is expected to be
completed by the end of January, 1997.
COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION develops, markets, and licenses natural
input computer technology -- products that use pen and image for input. Founded
in 1981, CIC is a leading supplier of pen computing software products to
hardware manufacturers throughout the world. The Company's products include the
multilingual Handwriter-Registered Trademark- Recognition System and
SigCheck-TM- dynamic signature verification software, and the PenDOS-Registered
Trademark- and PenMac-Registered Trademark- pen operating environments. CIC
markets software tools such as InkTools-TM- and Sign-it-TM- which allow
signature capture and verification within computer applications;
Handwriter-Registered Trademark- line of peripheral input devices which enable
PC users to have pen input capabilities on their desktop and laptop personal
computers; Software products for the Microsoft-Registered Trademark-
Windows-Registered Trademark- CE operating system platform -- Jot-TM-, a compact
handwriting recognition system, and QuickNotes-TM-, a fast and simple electronic
mobile notetaker application.
CIC is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, and has subsidiaries in
Japan and China. CIC's stock is publicly traded on Nasdaq, symbol CICI.