Dutch Firm Says Dell Motherboards Violate Its Patent

Posted by timothy on Monday June 23, 2003 @04:39PM from the professional-stunt-lawyers-on-closed-track dept.

Call Me Black Cloud writes "This article (also here) briefly discusses a suit against Dell for royalties on US patent 5,594,621. This patent, titled "Motherboard for a computer of the AT type, and a computer of the AT type comprising such motherboard", concerns the layout of ISA and PCI cards on a motherboard. Tulip Computers International somehow managed to convince the USPTO that its arrangement of cards on a mobo was worthy of a patent. Fearing the orderly arrangement of my sock drawer was infringing on a patent, I was relieved to discover only a patent for a magnetic sock holder, which solves the "well known problem associated with everyday laundering...the disarray that can occur with paired items of clothing such as socks"

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Re:Irrelevant but.. by chthon · 2003-06-23 22:41 · Score: 2, Flamebait

I have a certain pessimistic feeling (or hope ?) that somehow, somewhere a new like French revolution will break out, in which all coroporate leaders will be beheaded or shot, irrelevant if they where good or bad.