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| Icemat Design Rights Acknowledged By Plantronics In the end of September various news and eSport community sites began showing pictures of .Audio 110, a product that showed remarkable similarities with the visual design of Icemat Siberia Multi Headset. As stated in a press release issued in late September, Icemat owns the exclusive visual rights to the Icemat Siberia design and thus promptly contacted Plantronics about the similarities between the products. Following open and friendly dialogue between the two companies, Plantronics will stop all manufacturing and distribution of the .Audio 110 as well as recall all existing headsets for destruction. It was possible for Plantronics to withdraw almost all products from the market, except for fewer than 1, 000 units in total. Because of the low sales figure Icemat believe the damage to be smaller than first anticipated. A brief timeline: September 27th, news sites report similarities between two products September 28th, Icemat release press release regarding similarities September 29th, Icemat contact Plantronics December 8th, Plantronics confirm the recall and destruction of .Audio 110 write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |