EXHIBIT 3(i)a

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

REFAC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 242 of the General

Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

REFAC Technology Development Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:

FIRST:    Article FIRST of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:

FIRST:    The name of the corporation is REFAC (hereinafter the “Corporation”).

SECOND:    The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed in its corporate name this 4^th day of May, 1999.

REFAC Technology Development Corporation

 /S/    ROBERT L. TUCHMAN

Name:    Robert L. Tuchman

Title:      President