Rinkya Achieves USA Mark Status

Tempe, AZ and Tokyo, Japan June 3- On May
20th, 2008, Rinkya, the Japanese Internet shopping service received it’s
Service Mark from the United States Patent and Trademark Office with
registration number 3,430,161.

“This is a giant step for us,” says Rinkya
CEO Heather Russell. “As the largest Japanese internet shopping service in the
English language, we needed the protection of a Trade Mark and Service Mark. As
we move forward into the European marketplace from our new service in Italian,
we had to be secure in our name and the quality we have built into it on a
worldwide basis. We have built the most reliable internet shopping service that
there is, and we needed to be sure that, not only could we maintain our high
levels of service, but that we would have exclusive rights to the name that
designated that service across the world.”

Rinkya has not gone unrecognized. It stands
2020 on the INC 5000, and has been recognized one of the fastest growing, most
innovative companies in the United States.  Even in a time of general economic downturn, Rinkya has
maintained a strong growth curve and is engaged in opening new markets on an
international basis. The Service Mark recognition is just one more step for one
of the world’s fastest growing most innovative companies.

“It’s funny,” says Heather, “people always
ask me what Rinkya means. Actually, it doesn’t mean anything, or rather it
didn’t, I just made it up because I liked the sound of it. I later found out
that it is close to the Japanese words for “link” and “shop.” I didn’t really
mean to come up with that, but after thinking about it, it seemed to fit.
Rinkya is the place to shop for the best links to the finest goods available on
the Japanese internet. And now, we have a Service Mark that makes Rinkya
unique. What started, as a dream has become a world recognized company. And now
the name, really does mean something.”

With this latest recognition, Rinkya now means a high quality,
reliable, internet shopping service. The one and only service to legally use
the name to designate that service across the world, Rinkya has moved step by
step to become the best service of it’s type in the English language. As it
rolls out it’s first venture into the European market with a site and service
in Italian, Rinkya has no where to look, but up.

Rinkya Inc is a leading service provider for Japan auctions,
stores, and specialty websites. Rinkya is on the Inc. Magazine 5,000 list of the fastest-growing
private companies in the U.S.A. and has been featured in Dolls, Project Car
Magazine, and the Gannett Newspapers Syndicate.  The Japan branch has won several
business awards from the Japanese Postal System and has been showcased in
several Japanese business magazines.

For Further Information Visit : www.rinkya.com

USA Contact:

Elaine Gross,

 Rinkya Inc.,

elaine@rinkya.com

 (866) 970-4485;

fax (480)-970-4486

Tokyo Contact:

Heather Russell

Rinkya Inc

heather@rinkya.com

03-3430-0557