But I bet 3M would not have sued Lenovo (or basically the ThinkPad brand), if it was still owned by IBM. IBM has WAY to many patents of their own and would have made a very unattractive target.
It is a matter of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction), although in this case IBM has way more bombs to drop.
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I agree this is ridiculous.
But I bet 3M would not have sued Lenovo (or basically the ThinkPad brand), if it was still owned by IBM. IBM has WAY to many patents of their own and would have made a very unattractive target.
It is a matter of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction), although in this case IBM has way more bombs to drop.