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Probably because Mackie has done a pretty good job protecting their circuits
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Sadly, Mackie didn't do a good job protecting their IP, and the lawsuit was effectively a stalemate with no result for Mackie... The judge insinuated Mackie had a good case, but he couldn't rule in their favour and criticised Mackie for not being more thorough in their IP protection...
Sad but true... If Mackie had done a better job at protecting their designs it would have done us all a favour and bankrupted Ulli-the-unscrupulous.
I posted a link to the court minutes a while back (try a search if you can be bothered); there's a precis here:
http://www.vennershipley.co.uk/Libra...0news%2014.pdf 
Justin