It has not been that long since Benq spinned off from Acer Communications & Multimedia and introduced a line of consumer products. But now the two companies seem to be fighting eachother and rumors go that Benq might even take over Acer. Acer is planning legal actions against Benq if the company does not move to resolve the disputes.
Since the name change, competition has been brewing as Benq moves into PC manufacturing and Acer makes plans to enter peripherals, pitting the two against each other in the areas of notebooks, monitors and optical discs. |
One of the sticking points the two companies have sparred over is Benq subsidiary Daxon Technology, which has been manufacturing and selling Acer-branded recordable CDs to date. Wang said Acer has served Benq notices demanding the branding practice be dropped.
Benq denied ever receiving notification from Acer over the Daxon matter.
Jerry Wang, vice president of Benq's global marketing office, said the company is 'perplexed" by the tough line Acer is taking on the branding issue.
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