Barbara A. Jones

Tel 617.310.6064

Fax 617.897.0954

jonesb@gtlaw.com

July 15, 2010

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Stephen Krikorian, Accounting Branch Chief

 

Re:

Identive Group, Inc. (the “Company”)

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009

Filed March 8, 2010

File No. 000-29440

Comment Letter, dated July 8, 2010 (the “Staff Comment Letter”)

Dear Mr. Krikorian:

In connection with the Staff Comment Letter, we note the Staff has requested a response from the Company to the matters raised therein within 10 business days, i.e. on or before July 22, 2010. This letter is to confirm our telephone request today, on behalf of the Company, to Morgan Youngwood for an extension of time to July 28, 2010 to file the Company’s response to the matters raised in the Staff Comment Letter. The Company has reviewed the Staff’s comments and is continuing its work to respond to the issues raised by the Staff.

We appreciate the Staff’s cooperation and assistance in this matter. If you have any questions with regard to this correspondence, please contact the undersigned at (617) 310-6064.

 

 

cc:	Morgan Youngwood, Staff Accountant, Securities and Exchange Commission

Courtney Haseley, Staff Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission

Mark P. Shuman, Legal Branch Chief, Securities and Exchange Commission

Ayman Ashour, Chief Executive Officer, Identive Group, Inc.

Melvin Denton-Thompson, Chief Financial Officer, Identive Group, Inc.

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP n ATTORNEYS AT LAW n WWW.GTLAW.COM

One International Place, 20th Floor n Boston, Massachusetts 02110 n Tel 617.310.6000 n Fax 617.310.6001

 

 

ALBANY   AMSTERDAM   ATLANTA   AUSTIN   BERLIN**   BOSTON   BRUSSELS**   CHICAGO   DALLAS   DELAWARE   DENVER   FORT LAUDERDALE   HOUSTON   LAS VEGAS   LONDON*   LOS ANGELES   MIAMI   MILAN**   NEW JERSEY   NEW YORK   ORANGE COUNTY   ORLANDO   PALM BEACH   COUNTY   PHILADELPHIA   PHOENIX   ROME**   SACRAMENTO   SAN FRANCISCO   SHANGHAI   SILICON VALLEY   TALLAHASSEE   TAMPA   TOKYO**   TYSONS CORNER   WASHINGTON, D.C.   WHITE PLAINS   ZURICH**
*		OPERATES AS GREENBERG TRAURIG MAHER LLP
**		STRATEGIC ALLIANCE