Shorty
8 Apr 2004, 6:25pm
The Overclocker Cafe has gotten a hold of an e-mail Antec's attorneys are sending out to their distributors outlining their patent on LED fans. It seems as if Antec is going to assert themselves on this point to the rest of the market.
This whole thing brings several questions to mind with what are online retailers to do with existing non-Antec stocks as well not being the least.
Antec greatly appreciates your business and is sending this letter to our retail and distribution customers to address the recent injection of LED fans into the market from other manufacturers.
Antec takes a very strong proprietary position towards its intellectual property, which directly benefits you as a reseller. Antec products have attained a standard of quality that is associated with its name. Antec sells products that have been patented in the United States, which provide certain protections for Antec and its authorized resellers.
Antec has recently become aware of the sale of LED fans by other manufacturers that appear to infringe on Antec’s 6,679,771 (herein after "the ‘771") patent entitled, "Cooling fan with light-emitting device." The ‘771 patent was issued to Antec on January 20, 2004. Please follow this link to view a copy of the ‘771 patent:
Hmmmm...
Source: Overclocker Cafe (http://www.overclockercafe.com/Antec.htm)
This whole thing brings several questions to mind with what are online retailers to do with existing non-Antec stocks as well not being the least.
Antec greatly appreciates your business and is sending this letter to our retail and distribution customers to address the recent injection of LED fans into the market from other manufacturers.
Antec takes a very strong proprietary position towards its intellectual property, which directly benefits you as a reseller. Antec products have attained a standard of quality that is associated with its name. Antec sells products that have been patented in the United States, which provide certain protections for Antec and its authorized resellers.
Antec has recently become aware of the sale of LED fans by other manufacturers that appear to infringe on Antec’s 6,679,771 (herein after "the ‘771") patent entitled, "Cooling fan with light-emitting device." The ‘771 patent was issued to Antec on January 20, 2004. Please follow this link to view a copy of the ‘771 patent:
Hmmmm...
Source: Overclocker Cafe (http://www.overclockercafe.com/Antec.htm)