IBM Alleges Patent Infringement By Taiwanese Firm
IBM on Thursday announced it has filed a complaint against ASUSTeK (based in
Taiwan) and its North American subsidiary, ASUS Computer International, with
the United States International Trade Commission. The complaint alleges infringement of IBM patents by certain ASUSTeK computer
products and components, and requests an exclusion order against the importation
of infringing ASUSTeK computer products and components into the United States.
In a statement, International Business Machinese revealed that: "IBM has made repeated attempts to reach a licensing agreement between
the companies. IBM’s position has been - and remains - that ASUSTeK either
must license or stop using IBM's patented technology." IBM’s complaint identifies three patents that are infringed by ASUSTeK
products imported into the US These three patents in question (Patent No. 5,008,829, Patent No. 5,249,741,
and Patent No.5,371,852) cover important aspects of computer systems, including
power supplies, computer cooling and computer clustering capabilities. The allegedly infringing ASUSTeK computer products include notebook computers,
so-called barebones computer systems, servers, routers and various computer
components. ASUSTeK has denied the patent infringement claims.
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