Acer settles with HP over patent litigation

In an extremely brief statement, Acer says to have "settled all ongoing patent litigation with HP." The confidential settlement wraps up months of legal wrangling that kicked off in March of 2007 when HP accused Acer of infringing upon 5 HP patents related to "DVD editing, processing ability, and power consumption and efficiency." Acer then countersued, and so on. While it's unclear if any fault was admitted, we're certain that a handful of patent lawyers from both sides are sipping at their 60-year old Macallan in a fit of haughty disdain for corporate executives at this very moment.

[Richard Posted Jun 9th 2008 2:42AM]

Wow, I've almost forgotten about this case until now.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 9th 2008 3:04AM]

nerd

[Richard Posted Jun 9th 2008 3:10AM]

Aren't we all?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 9th 2008 3:16AM]

acer this better not effect your process line of pumping some sexy new cheap laptops this fall with monteniva chips.

[nikster Posted Jun 9th 2008 3:22AM]

Win, lose or settle, one thing is certain: The lawyers make out like bandits. Cheers!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 9th 2008 7:44AM]

I guess HP didn't want to get beat yet again in the space of less than a week.
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