Submitted by Webitpr:
SANTA CLARA, Calif. '” October 6, 2003 '” Macrovision
Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN), the leading provider of digital rights management
and copy protection technologies announced today that its German lawyers, Né¶rr
Stiefenhofer Lutz, obtained a temporary injunction, without an oral court
hearing, in the District Court of Frankfurt, Germany, against the Frankfurt
outlet of Media Markt TV-Hifi-Elektro GmbH prohibiting the ongoing sale of the
Macro 2000 copy protection circumvention device. Macrovision was granted the
injunction under the newly-enacted German Copyright Directive that prohibits
copy protection circumvention devices in that country. The Macro 2000 strips off
copy protection from protected DVDs and allows perfect video copies to be made
from such content.
'We are very pleased with the Court's
preliminary ruling," said Colin Nunn, Macrovision's Vice President of Operations
for Europe, Middle East and Africa. 'This sends a strong message to the
manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers of circumvention devices
that we won't tolerate the circumvention of Macrovision's technology in Germany.
Macrovision will firmly defend its copyright protection business in European
countries that have implemented the Copyright Directive. Particularly noteworthy
was the Court's decision to grant standing to Macrovision, as the owner of the
circumvented copy protection technology, to take action in its own right against
the sale, distribution and possession for commercial purposes of circumvention
devices."
About Macrovision
Macrovision develops and markets digital rights
management ('DRM"), copy protection, and electronic license management
technologies for the video, music and software industries. Macrovision holds a
total of 148 issued or pending United States patents and 1,036 issued or pending
international patents, and continues to increase its patent portfolio with new
and innovative technologies in related fields.
Macrovision has its corporate headquarters in Santa
Clara, California, with international offices in London, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv,
Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei and Seoul. For more information, please visit www.macrovision.com.
Source: Webitpr
