Asustek, IBM reach agreement in patent dispute
The new deal will end all litigation between the two companies
By John Ribeiro | Published: 12:09, 06 October 2009
IBM and Asustek said on Tuesday that they have entered into a broad patent cross-licensing agreement that ends all patent litigation between the two companies.
The agreement will be the basis for future collaboration between them, the two companies said in a statement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The patent dispute dates back to December 2007 when IBM filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission alleging that certain computer products and components of the Taiwanese company and its US subsidiary infringed IBM patents.
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The three patents covered power supplies, computer cooling and computer clustering technologies, IBM said at the time.
In April 2008, Asustek countered with a patent infringement lawsuit against IBM in the US District Court for the Southern District of California, alleging IBM had infringed two of its patents.
