News CoolIT sues Asetek over split-flow patent

Don't they have patent pending in America ?

 

There's more to it than that, right? Surely I'm missing something or the actual patent hones in on something more specific?

From that vague language it sounds like they're trying to claim patent rights on the basic functionality of every waterblock made in the last 10 years, since as far as I know almost all of them use micro-channels or pins to break up boundary layers..

 

Thanks for the link! After skimming through it I still don't really see what elements of the patent are distinctly 'new' in light of the way that waterblocks have been made for years, except that the density of the channels seems higher than is typical - And the fact that it's part of block/pump combination unit.
Patent law is way outside of my area so maybe it is in fact novel enough to warrant a patent, but it just seems odd to me.

That makes sense. The whole thing stinks though. It's not very far from the kind of ******** going on in the smartphone litigation wars.
Next we'll see them suing each other for rounded corners on their radiators.