Dan’s Tech-n-Stuff Weblog

Yesterday’s news about Meizu’s booth at CeBIT getting shut down by police in Hanover was apparently just the tip of the iceberg.

In all, 51 exhibitors at CeBIT were busted at the show for patent infringement with 180 police offers confiscating 68 boxes worth of equipment.

The patents in questions are MP3/MP4 infringement as well as unregistered CD, DVD-R and DVD playback devices.

In case you’re curious, here’s a breakdown by country and the number of offenders:

Korea: 1
Netherlands: 1
Poland: 1
Hong Kong: 3
Germany: 9
Taiwan: 12

and bringing home the gold:

China: 24

[Via Engadget]