Meizu CeBIT booth shut down by German authorities
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in; Image courtesy Heise Online]
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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in; Image courtesy Heise Online]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bigredmachine @ Mar 5th 2008 10:19AM
WTF?
Just because they made an iPhone that does everything people expect from a mobile phone?
This is the first time I've heard of "Piracy" raids at a tech expo...methinks the Hannover police either really wanted some alone time with the M8 or they're Apple's hired muscle.
More likely the latter!
Karl Viklund @ Mar 5th 2008 10:40AM
Get a grip.
Karl Viklund @ Mar 5th 2008 10:39AM
Stupid companies, stupid knock-offs. Talk about lacking creativity of their own. Just look at the booth. Looks like an iPhone back there for sure. Someone should take this crap company and sent it out in space.
Razor1973 @ Mar 5th 2008 11:51AM
According to forum posts by Meizu CEO Jack Wong, and contrary to what's in everybody's mind, the raid was initiated by Sisvel due to the lack of a Sisvel (patent holder of MP3 format) license. He also said that the booth will be open again at 4 PM.
sepirioth @ Mar 5th 2008 12:33PM
And if you put a tooth under your pillow a tooth ferry will leave you a Benjamin.
Razor1973 @ Mar 5th 2008 2:12PM
*LOL* Hey, I'm just quoting Meizu's biggest guy. :)
Pippo_San @ Mar 5th 2008 12:48PM
EPIC FAIL. Part 2.
Justin @ Mar 5th 2008 3:07PM
What a crappy photo... must've been taken with an M8.
keithwwalker @ Mar 5th 2008 3:26PM
LOLZ!
Germans don't mess around with infringement. There was a Chinese car recently introduced that was a BMW clone. It brought out the bad side of the Germans. You don't want to bring out the German's bad side...
http://www.egmcartech.com/2007/08/27/bmw-threatens-action-against-chinese-copy-of-x5/
Razor1973 @ Mar 6th 2008 9:16AM
Thanks for the link. The resemblance is uncanny. I don't know what's with the Chinese imitating everything. Obviously, it's a different culture. Here in the U.S., people wouldn't buy a car that looks like a BMW and has a different logo, because, after all, the BMW logo is one of the main reasons they're getting one in the first place.