Seizures at IBC show to an MPEG audio patents

Seizures at IBC show to an MPEG audio patents Amsterdam, 13 September 2005 - SISVEL received an order from the District Court of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to take the set-top box at IBC show by a number of companies not licensed under the MPEG audio patents. SISVEL SpA and its U.S. subsidiary Audio MPEG, Inc. has the exclusive worldwide licensing rights to patents owned by Philips, France Telecom and IRT, the essential elements of ISO / IEC 11172-3 and ISO / IEC 13818 MPEG -3 - rules established for MPEG Audio Layer 1, 2 and 3 (MP3)-technology. In response to patent infringement in ongoing and persistent refusal to provide a license under the MPEG Audio patents September 12, 2005 SISVEL an application before the District Court of Amsterdam, for permission to use the set-top box, according to the MPEG - audio standard Force Electronics A / S (Norway), Homecast Co., Ltd. (Korea), Shenzhen Coship Electronics Co., Ltd (China), Shenzhen Success Digital Technology Co., Ltd (China). The court in Amsterdam to the seizure of the set-top - boxes of these companies in their booth at the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam. On 13 September 2005, the court in Amsterdam SISVEL together with representatives of the Court, through the seizure and destruction of all the set-top-box from booths of these companies. As Chinese companies are not with the bailiff and attempts to circumvent the court order, the court was forced to ask the Dutch police to intervene. "SISVEL measures are necessary to enforce its intellectual property rights and protect all current licensees of competitors illegally. Companies invest in research and development must be reimbursed for their investments and are encouraged to become more important development, "said Roberto Dini, founder of SISVEL.