Sunday 18 March 2007

Raids at CeBit trade fair against MP3 players

Patent licensing agency Societa Italiana per lo Sviluppo dell’Elettronica SpA (Sisvel) which licenses MPEG audio patents has organised raids against at least one exhibitor at the CeBIT trade fair in Hannover Germayn. The agency is becoming increasingly active against alleged infringers of their portfolio of MPEG-related patents and has also seized imports at the German border.

Last year SanDisk were obliged to remove their products from the IFA trade fair in Berlin because of a claim against them. SanDisk has subsequently settled its dispute with Sisvel and issued a press release last week.

A rather creative patent assertion process compared to the usual cease and desist letters

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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