Monday, December 7th 2015
Asetek Tells AMD and GIGABYTE to Stop Sales of R9 Fury X and GTX 980 Water Force
AMD has reportedly been issued a "cease-and-desist" notice by liquid cooling components major Asetek over sale of its flagship Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card. A similar C&D notice was sent to GIGABYTE, to stop sales of its GeForce GTX 980 Water Force graphics card. The two cards ship with a factory-fitted, closed-loop liquid cooling solution by Cooler Master, a company with which Asetek is locked in a patent infringement lawsuit, over its pump-block and movable fittings designs.
The Radeon R9 Fury X and GIGABYTE GTX 980 Water Force feature a derivative of Cooler Master's Seidon 120M closed-loop cooler, a product red-flagged by U.S. courts over patent infringement. Asetek has already succeeded in getting Cooler Master to withdraw similar aftermarket cooling solutions from the U.S. market, such as the Seidon, Nepton, and Glacier. The courts have ordered Cooler Master to pay 14.5 percent royalties from revenues on each infringing product sold in the market, to Asetek.
Source:
Gamers Nexus
The Radeon R9 Fury X and GIGABYTE GTX 980 Water Force feature a derivative of Cooler Master's Seidon 120M closed-loop cooler, a product red-flagged by U.S. courts over patent infringement. Asetek has already succeeded in getting Cooler Master to withdraw similar aftermarket cooling solutions from the U.S. market, such as the Seidon, Nepton, and Glacier. The courts have ordered Cooler Master to pay 14.5 percent royalties from revenues on each infringing product sold in the market, to Asetek.
36 Comments on Asetek Tells AMD and GIGABYTE to Stop Sales of R9 Fury X and GTX 980 Water Force
I worked at the plumbing store for a little under a year, and in that time we had to take at least 10 products off the showroom floor because they were discontinued by the manufacturer due to patent infringement...
Asetek's round coldplates are less suited for the big die and HBM stacks than e.g. CoolerMaster's rectangle design...
Its pretty odd that AMD went with that CM loop though, been wondering that since 2 months ago really.
For those still interested and with the ability to follow a link, here is AMD's official interim response. It sounds like Asetek and AMD will reach some kind of accommodation.Doing your part to prove that a prerequisite for having internet access should be passing an aptitude test?
Of course, this isn't hard to believe... I mean Edison patented the cylinder player (old phonograph) despite blatantly copying another guys work by his own admission.