The government has written it off as a "rich man's issue, " says Leo Wong, a local boat dealer.

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VTech was founded in 1976 by Hong Kong's Allan Wong, an electrical engineer with a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin who had worked as a design engineer for NCR in Hong Kong.

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In what could be easily construed as a preemptive strike against Apple legal, Creative's Sim Wong Hoo has gone on record stating that they will "pursue aggressively" companies that are infringing on their patent for a media player interface.

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