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Let's just say that the ITC notice is by no means the first contact that these companies have had from these people or with that patent. ]]>Oct 12th 2007 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/]]>Oct 11th 2007 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
Companies like HP and Dell are pursued because that's where the drives land in systems and are sold to end users. In lawsuits, everyone gets sued.]]>Oct 12th 2007 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
I'm not implying anything, I'm just saying how do these patents work postmortem?

Because the patent holders were listed without a company name, I assumed they were just individuals and not representing a corporation.]]>Oct 11th 2007 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/

Time to figure out how to raid several thousand 2gig SD cards...]]>Oct 11th 2007 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
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However, the decision to investigate is almost meaningless. In just about every case alleging a 337-violation for a patent, and the patentee files a well-written complaint, the ITC will institute an investigation. This is not that significant and does not mean the ITC will agree with the patentee, rather it just indicates that the case has begun. ]]>Oct 11th 2007 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
Did anyone else just read that as a 1337-violation?]]>Oct 11th 2007 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
On a side note, WTF Engadget? Why can't we get a reader gathering in Boston?? We love Engadget and aren't feeling the love back...]]>Oct 11th 2007 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
http://answers.nobosh.com]]>Oct 11th 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
I think that if you own a patent, and you don't actively do anything with it, it should be nullified. ]]>Oct 11th 2007 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 11th 2007 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
Seriously, companies should just stop shipping to your country, perhaps then someone with some intelligence might actually realise that sueing people is NOT a good way of making money and start slapping these moronic lawsuits down.

You wonder why the world thinks you're a bunch of idiots.]]>Oct 11th 2007 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
Must just be another wonder of the universe! Ignorance is something often attributed to Americans, but it would appear you know a lot more about that particular topic than I do. ]]>Oct 11th 2007 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/
Though I do agree the patent system is fucked up, there are legitimate claims for patent infringement and this could be one.]]>Oct 11th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/patent-investigation-could-force-hard-drives-off-us-market/Oct 12th 2007 2:12AM