According to the reports, a German court has found that "South Korean company Hyundai and other east Asian and European firms were marketing unlicensed patented technology at IFA and authorised some 69 raids".

The reports go on to say that, "some 170 televisions, 140 MP3 music players, 21 mobile phones and 57 DVD recorders had been seized at IFA so far by police".

There have been raids at other German technology fairs such as Hanover's Cebit in recent years, but nothing on this scale.

According to official statistics, in 2007 IFA attracted some 1200 exhibitors and over 220,000 visitors, with trade orders exceeding $AUD 5 billion.