????2013年九月：法庭大戰(zhàn)

????單價超過200美元的真空吸塵器被稱為高端吸塵器,。據(jù)統(tǒng)計，高端吸塵器市場價值約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，iRobot拿起了法律武器,，向競爭對手提起訴訟,。近日，一家德國法院裁定中國深圳銀星公司（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,，它在今年的柏林消費電子展上逮到了銀星公司的MyGenie機器人,。

????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.