Back to the articlePosted Thursday 11th October 2007 16:42 GMT
Death? #
I think a "permanent decease and desist order" is a bit excessive - I'd be worried if I was to be served with one of those...
US trade body knocks up disk drive, PC vendors
A quintet of disk drive and PC vendors are being investigated by the US International Trade Commission as part of a patent infringement case. The ITC said yesterday it had launched an investigation into Western Digital, Seagate Technology, Toshiba America Information Systems, HP and Dell. All five companies were named by the …
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Posted Thursday 11th October 2007 16:42 GMT
A permanent decease and desist order? #
That's a bit strong isn't it? I mean, cease and desist, fair enough. But decease and desist? Stop infringing our patent and die while you're at it?
And just how do you kill a hard drive manufacturer? My money's on a really huge magnet but I guess we'll just have to see what the court decide.
Posted Thursday 11th October 2007 16:42 GMT
Re: A permanent decease and desist order? #
de-debugged.
Drew
El Reg
Posted Thursday 11th October 2007 17:56 GMT
RE: A permanent decease and desist order #
Aw put it back the way it was. That was one of the best laughs I've had all week.
Posted Thursday 11th October 2007 18:33 GMT
i love british slang #
in america, "knocked up" means pregnant.
Posted Friday 12th October 2007 09:50 GMT
@Chris #
It means the same in British too. I don't understand the title, either...
Posted Friday 12th October 2007 09:50 GMT
Re i love british slang #
That'a the usual meaning in the UK too. The headline made no sense to me either.
Posted Friday 12th October 2007 14:45 GMT
Re: knocked up #
Makes sense to me.
I guess that the ITC thinks that they've f*ck*d them good and proper.
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