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Apple, Siemens and Sisvel patent infringement leads to CeBIT booth raid
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| Mama always said that some folks just never
| learn, and we reckon there's plenty of
| wisdom to be had from that very statement.
| Year after year, German police are called in
| to raid select booths at CeBIT (and IFA, to
| be fair), and yet again we've seen a booth
| cleared out at the request of powerful
| lawyers from a few companies you may have
| heard of. Word on the street has it that
| Apple, Siemens and Sisvel were all kvetching
| over patent infringements made by an unnamed
| company exhibiting at last week's show, and
| within an hour or so of the fuzz showing up,
| the whole thing was stripped and a hefty
| fine (â10,000) was levied. Unfortunately,
| the exact details of who was violating what
| remains clouded in mystery, but for whatever
| reason, we get the feeling that something
| extremely similar will be going down in
| Hannover next year. We blame KIRFers
| determination.
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/07/apple-siemens-and-sisvel-patent-infringement-leads-to-cebit-boo/
Apple calls in the German police for CeBIT raids
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| WHAT DO YOU get when you cross Apple,
| Siemens and Sisvel with the German police at
| CeBIT? Raids of course, with lots of police,
| lawyers, and people stripping booths clean
| of everything electronic.
|
| Walking around Hall 17 at CeBIT a few hours
| ago, there were several German police
| walking hurriedly through the crowd, talking
| into walkie-talkies. Where police are
| agitated, stories are likely to be found.
| Sure enough, when the police got to their
| destination, there were about 15 more of
| their colleagues surrounding a 5 by 10 meter
| booth of a netbook and e-reader manufacturer
| who explicitly asked not to be identified.
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http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/03/05/apple-call-german-police-cebit-raids/
Recent:
DVB-T Press Release
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| MPEG LA, LLC and SISVEL S.p.A. announce that as of August 26, 2008 the
| administration of the DVB-T licensing program, including the administration
| of all DVB-T Patent Portfolio Licenses previously executed by MPEG LA and
| licensees, has been transferred from MPEG LA to SISVEL.
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http://www.pr-inside.com/dvb-t-press-release-r779814.htm
Taiwanese firm to sue over armed raid at IFA
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| A Taiwanese firm is taking legal action over damage to its reputation after
| an Italian patent troll representing Philips prompted the raid of a Berlin
| consumer electronics show last month.
|
| Teco was among 69 companies targeted by some 200 armed German custom officers
| during the IFA trade fair in Berlin. The raid was done at the request of
| Sisvel, which administers MP3 and DVD technology patents on behalf of
| Philips. Sisvel had complained that exhibitors at IFA may be infringing on
| patents owned by its client.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/09/08/teco_sues_over_ifa_raid/
Philips could be in the firing line after Sisvel's Berlin patent raids
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| Electronics giant Philips is being threatened with legal action following
| raids at a major German trade fair sparked by Sisvel, the Italian licensing
| company. Sisvel. which administers patents related to MP3 technology on
| behalf of a number of companies including Philips, asked German customs
| authorities to take action against a group of exhibitors at the fair,
| claiming that products they had on show were infringing.
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http://www.iam-magazine.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=5523983a-dfa1-4300-9387-817edba3e325
Related:
Berlin Court condemns Sisvel's IFA seizures as "illegal"
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| Today Sisvel, Europe's very own "patent troll", was given a serious blow by a
| Berlin Court. Sisvel convinced German public prosecutors to provide some
| helping hands in pressing companies in the mp3 audio field to take licenses
| under patents, owned by Philips and other companies.
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http://ipgeek.blogspot.com/2006/09/berlin-court-judges-sisvels-ifa.html
German Customs cracks down at IFA
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| German Customs officials have raided several stands at this years IFA trade
| show in Berlin, including Emtec's, MSI's, and Xoro's. The officials are
| acting on behalf of Sisvel, which has a stand in Hall 2.2 at this year's IFA.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/German-Customs-cracks-down-at-IFA--/111434
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