Five PC Vendors Face Patent Lawsuit

Combuchan writes "This article from internetnews.com caught my attention: While Linux lawsuits gobble up the IT community's mindshare, a lesser-known legal action is being fought seeking billions of dollars from five PC vendors. Patriot Scientific, a small, San Diego-based seller of embedded microprocessors for automotive and scientific applications, is suing Sony, Fujitu, Matsushita, Toshiba, and NEC, alleging infringement of a Patriot patent for what it calls 'fundamental microprocessor technology.'"

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The next "squatter" wave has begun...

[Vthornheart]

It seems that we just can't keep the squatter gene out of the gene pool. Squatters in the American west hoarded terratory with the hope of claiming ownership by being there before others. Cybersquatters took (and still take) hundreds of Domain names with the hopes of one being bought out by a large company. What we have here is simply a continuation of the squatter tradition... if you look in the article, it points out that this company "is now strictly in the IP business" by their own claim. Basically, they're admitting to being worthless squatter scum. It can't possibly get much more sad than that.