UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


     Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  November 30, 2008
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                                 CopyTele, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

        1-11254                                          11-2622630
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(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)


 900 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY                              11747
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)


                                 (631) 549-5900
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
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            Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
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            Certain Officers.
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The employment of Frank J. DiSanto, President of CopyTele, Inc. (the "Company"),
terminated  effective  November  30,  2008.  The  Company  has not  appointed  a
replacement as President.  The  responsibilities of the office of President will
be performed  by Denis A. Krusos,  the  Company's  Chairman and Chief  Executive
Officer.  Mr.  Krusos's  biographical  description  set  forth in Item 10 of the
Company's  Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2007 is  incorporated
by reference herein.


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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                      COPYTELE, INC.

Date: December 4, 2008                By: /s/ Denis A. Krusos
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                                          Denis A. Krusos
                                          Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                          Officer, and President



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