I thought so too, Surf, but it is dated 7-24-09. Pretty recent.
The impression I get is that there is a "company" who has hoodwinked some suppliers. Of course, my impression could be totally wrong.
That's how I'm reading it too, and that would back up what I've heard from several vendors so far. The language barrier is making it difficult though. On the one hand it reads like joyetech is disavowing having made the hardware. On the other it reads as if Joye did make the hardware but doesn't want anyone to know they did. Frankly, the second read doesn't make much sense to me.