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Patent Troll Goes After Notebook Cooling

Posted by samzenpus on from the cool-before-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "If you are manufacturing notebooks and you are using hardware that needs to be cooled down occasionally, you may be in the crosshairs of IPventure, which claims patent rights to an approach that is common in all notebooks today. For now, the company appears to be establishing its case by suing Fujitsu and Lenovo over the use of its invention in the Lifebook and Thinkpad series of products."

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  1. Submarine patent? by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the method is common in notebooks today... meaning it has been in wide use for at least a few years now. The patent holder just waited until everyone had committed to selling that design, so that they could just sue everyone. Submarine patent tactics if I ever saw them.

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    1. Re:Submarine patent? by shentino · · Score: 5, Interesting

      All this "treble damages" stuff for people who willfully infringe is so onesided.

      There should be penalties for patent holders who willfully allow infringement in the name of increased damages.