????2013年九月：法庭大戰(zhàn)

????單價(jià)超過(guò)200美元的真空吸塵器被稱為高端吸塵器。據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)，高端吸塵器市場(chǎng)價(jià)值約60億美元，其中智能吸塵器大約占15%份額。為了保住這一市場(chǎng)，iRobot拿起了法律武器，向競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手提起訴訟。近日，一家德國(guó)法院裁定中國(guó)深圳銀星公司（Silver Star）的“智能地板吸塵器”——MyGenie系列產(chǎn)品侵犯iRobot專利，對(duì)其頒布初步銷售禁令。這次官司頗有幾分戲劇色彩，根據(jù)iRobot的新聞通報(bào)，它在今年的柏林消費(fèi)電子展上逮到了銀星公司的MyGenie機(jī)器人。

????September 2013: A court battle escalates

????In an effort to protect its share of the $6 billion market for high-end vacuums -- defined as any unit costing more than $200 -- of which robotic systems account for 15%, iRobot takes legal action against its competitors. A German court grants iRobot a preliminary injunction against competitor Shenzhen Silver Star, the Chinese concern behind the MyGenie line of what are dubbed "intelligent floor vacuums," for patent infringement. In a dramatic turn, according to iRobot's own press release on the matter, MyGenies were seized from the floor of the IFA tech trade show in Berlin.