U.S. Based Companies Sued For Heat Pipe CPU Coolers

[dr_bowtie]

weird part is the company that is suing isnt going after the manufactures of the Heatpipe Heatsink but more the Vendors who sell them...

 

makes no sense to me...

 

it seems that the lawsuit was filed because FrozenCPU sells CPU coolers that use heat pipes in its construction. He faxed over the pages of the lawsuit and those are shown to you below.

 

FrozenCPU is not alone in this fight, along with it, many other companies have been named: Altima Computers, CoolerGuys.com, CPUTopia, FrontierPC.com, IntraCom Holdings, LinkDAT, Marlin P. Jones & Assoc., NAC Group, OutletPC.com, VelocityMicro, Cybertron International, American Future Technology, Silicon Mountain Holdings, and Raidmax Tech. Some of those names will ring familiar while others will not. What these companies have in common according to the court documents below is they all are being accused of infringing on US Patent # 6,411,512, that is for a "High Performance Cold Plate."

 

 

full article here

 

http://hardocp.com/article/2010/04/09/us_b...ipe_cpu_coolers

[CAINuKe]

I saw that earlier this week on my RSS feeds.

 

I dont think the case has a chance in court.