Phanteks Puts Out First Response to Patent Infringement Lawsuit by Lian Li

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Lian Li is also suing Thermaltake over daisy-chain RGB fan design - KitGuru

This week, it came to light that Lian Li filed a lawsuit against Phanteks over the design of its D30

www.kitguru.net

They are going after them as well. If they file against Corsair too, this is just going to be more Apple level patent trolling over rounded corners on a rectangle. I hope they lose on all fronts.

Huh, that's weird; So many sites have covered the Phanteks lawsuit, and almost none of them mention Thermaltake.

IMO Thermaltake should be the headline here, because if Lian Li have any leg to stand on, it's Thermaltake who have most blatantly ripped off the Lian Li design. In true Thermaltake fashion, it's almost a perfect 1:1 copy, unashamed IP theft with a side portion of flagrant defiance....

 

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Patent legitimacy aside, if it were so obvious then why didn't similar products launch earlier?

For the same reason that RGB lighting of computers did not appear in the market until it appeared in the market. Companies are allowed to imitate so long as there is no infringement of a valid patent. This will come down to a patent challenge. i.e. is the patent valid and enforceable to begin with or just one of many thousands of junk patents granted. e.g. the internet shopping cart, modular power supply cabling, et. al.