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March 7th, 2010, 19:05
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Mama always said that some folks just never learn (http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/cebit-crackdown-51-exhibitors-busted-for-patent-infringement/), and we reckon there's plenty of wisdom to be had from that very statement. Year after year (http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizus-cebit-booth-shut-down-over-mp3-licensing-issues-not-the/), German police are called in (http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/16/german-police-raiding-cebit-wiping-out-infringing-kiosks/) to raid select booths at CeBIT (and IFA (http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/german-customs-raids-over-50-booths-at-ifa-looking-for-patent-in/), 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 (€10,000) 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.
[Thanks, TheLostSwede]Apple, Siemens and Sisvel patent infringement leads to CeBIT booth raid (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/07/apple-siemens-and-sisvel-patent-infringement-leads-to-cebit-boo/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Mama always said that some folks just never learn (http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/cebit-crackdown-51-exhibitors-busted-for-patent-infringement/), and we reckon there's plenty of wisdom to be had from that very statement. Year after year (http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizus-cebit-booth-shut-down-over-mp3-licensing-issues-not-the/), German police are called in (http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/16/german-police-raiding-cebit-wiping-out-infringing-kiosks/) to raid select booths at CeBIT (and IFA (http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/german-customs-raids-over-50-booths-at-ifa-looking-for-patent-in/), 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 (€10,000) 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.
[Thanks, TheLostSwede]Apple, Siemens and Sisvel patent infringement leads to CeBIT booth raid (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/07/apple-siemens-and-sisvel-patent-infringement-leads-to-cebit-boo/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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