'Setback' for Barça: They would pay 30 million for the use of "illegal technology"

The FC Barcelona is still in the 'eye of the hurricane'. The Barcelona group goes through one of his more difficult moments regarding economy refers , since the financial situation of the institution is an authentic 'ruin'. The Catalans find of 'hands tied' of face to the market of signings, what represents a grandísimo setback in his intensiones to reinforce the staff for the next season. In spite of that the Managerial Board of the club already works in research of solutions to the problem, the worry in the culés is latent.

Now, said worry can increase more, since the Court of Patents of Munich has determined that the use of the technology of advertising perimetral of the company Supponor by part of the Barcelona entity is illegal. The provider of the Barça was accused for stealing the technology used by the Swiss company AIM Sport, those who work with the Seville and the Real Madrid and are the direct competition of the anglo-Finnish, resulting culprits in the dictamen.

From the 2019, the Catalans have worked with advertising perimetral virtually modified, which works showing him to the Spanish viewers announcements of Spanish beer in the boards perimetrales, whereas the viewers of China see Chinese beer. Because of this advertising technology, the institution blaugrana has achieved to take out benefit of the business of the regional sponsorships, whose millions have been of big utility to increase the income of the club.

However, the sentence that has failed against of Supponor would have big consequences for the entity chaired by Joan Laporta. With the arrival of the case to Spain and the prohibition of the use of the technology stolen by the company anglo-Finnish, the Barça no only will leave to have the income of his regional sponsors, but it also could have to pay 30 million euros in concept of damages and damages. This represents a hard 'hit' to the arks of the club, whose 'drama' economic could worsen even more.

The verdict

The German court (case GO: 7 Or 13502/20) dictaminó that Supponor vulneró the European patent of AIM Sport, EP 32 95 663, that covers the "superposición digital of an image with another image". The judges of the case determined that Supponor will have to suspend the sales, pay damages and damages, provide information and destroy the products in Germany. Likewise, the clubs that had the technology of the company are responsible of the profits that have obtained under the use of the illegal technology, whose value rondaría in more than 10 million euros to the year according to experts.