Monday, April 7th 2008
ASUSTeK Computer Sues IBM
Taiwan's ASUSTeK Computer Inc. said on Monday that it had filed a patent infringement suit against International Business Machines Corp (IBM) in a US court earlier this month.
Source:
Yahoo! News
We sued IBM for its infringing two of our patents related to storage on the Internet and server technology,said an ASUSTeK spokesman who declined to give more details. ASUSTeK's move is part of a legal battle that first started on December 7th, when IBM filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission against ASUSTeK and its North American subsidiary ASUS Computer International. Back then IBM said the infringing products include notebook computers, servers, routers and some components. It said the patents cover important aspects of computer systems, including power supplies, computer cooling and computer clustering capabilities. IBM sought import restrictions on some ASUSTeK computer products and components.
12 Comments on ASUSTeK Computer Sues IBM
So if they are infringing on someone elses patents then they deserve to be sued, as I am sure they wouldn't waste a second suing someone else for doing the same to them.
I hate these big companies who think just because they have the money and can tie things up in the courts for years to come, that they can get away with it.
Basically, don't throw rocks at a friendly giant. It might throw one back.
Xerox had Steve come in and "evaluate" their GUI, mouse, printer system. Steve said it was ok but wasn't good. Xerox execs said paper would be forever anyway.
Jobs stole it, had Gates program it. Gates saw the big picture and jumped on IBMs ship and programed GUI for them. Now MS rules the world. ROFL
on topic
Asus better have some good ground to stand on with this, or they must want something from IBM. Only things I can think of (really hoping its not stupidity).