Acer settles with HP over patent litigation

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 9th 2008 at 2:04AM

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.

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Tags: acer, hp, lawsuit, legal, litigation, patent, settlement

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Richard Lai @ Jun 9th 2008 2:42AM

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

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Minilap @ Jun 9th 2008 3:04AM

nerd

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Richard Lai @ Jun 9th 2008 3:10AM

Aren't we all?

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Charles Han @ 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.

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nikster @ Jun 9th 2008 3:22AM

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

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R @ 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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