Sunday, March 18, 2007

Companies raided on show floor for patent infringement

According to MacWorld, Local customs and police officers confiscated products from the stand of at least one exhibitor at Germany’s Cebit fair on Wednesday on suspicion the devices infringed on MPEG audio patents, a patent licensing agency said.
“It’s the second time we are at Cebit and last year we already had some actions regarding infringing products,” said Thomas Hartmann, senior manager at Societa Italiana per lo Sviluppo dell’Elettronica SpA (Sisvel), in an interview with IDG News Service. The company analyzes the exhibitor list of Cebit and other trade fairs before it begins to identify exhibitors that might have products that are infringing on MPEG audio patents, he said.
You might want to check Sisvel website.