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Compaq sued in China for IPR violation
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Beijing : The Compaq company of the United States has been sued for $4.1 million on charges of violating intellectual property rights in a court here, the state media reported on Wednesday.The petitioners, Ma Xiguang and the Shenzhen Chuangge company jointly charged the American company with selling in China the Armada 1550T laptop computer containing replaceable batteries and upgrading slots that infringed on their patents on similar technologies. Compaq, which started selling the Armada 1550T laptops in China in 1995, has been sued for 34,025,899 yuan (about $4.1 million) in compensation, make a public apology. Copyright © 2000 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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