Comments on: Hewlett-Packard sues Acer for patent infringement

Dispute involves five patents for technology HP says the smaller PC company is using without permission.

[jbosson]

Interesting that HP "invent":ed this...

Its just bad for HP:s image that a patents covering broad stuff as software is pulled forward as "inventions". Adding an edit bit (6,501,721), noticing if the PC needs more speed by logging CPU cache usage (6,438,697), or just measuring any such need in intervals (6,609,211)... those patentlawyers sure are inventive. :-) The best one is perhaps 5,596,759 where the patent covers starting a multi-cpu computer in the most obvious way. Acer could perhaps be able to pull a random stack of patents that anyone infringes in defense?

[Raabscuttle]

HP bullying

Hey, if they can't beat them in commerce, then why not slap a frivolous lawsuit on them for the most arcane patents and then get an injunction slapped on them for good measure... Thank you HP for showing us the way!

[dsf32]

I thought they were...

From everything that I have read, HP is "beating everyone in commerce." CNET just ran an article about HP taking Number one over Dell. I would imagine that a company that basis their reputation on inventing would do what they can to protect their patents. I would at least...