Zalman's policy on patent infringement...
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:48 am
From the Zalman website....
"Zalman has many patents and design rights registered in various countries throughout the world.
They result from continuous investments on high-end technologies and innovative designs in a field
of people-friendly computer cooling solutions, and therefore, Zalman and Zalman technologies have
become a benchmark to many other manufacturers in the computing cooling field.
Unfortunately it is not difficult to find companies attempting to ride on Zalman's reputation by
continuously infringing upon Zalman's unique designs and technologies these days. They illegally
produce and merchandize the copy products without any preliminary permission or agreement.
These kinds of fake products look pretty much the same as Zalman's, but they lack Zalman’s
craftsmanship. Many problems were reported by customers on these products, particularly in high-end
systems. Furthermore, these manufacturers continue with their efforts in luring customers with
inaccurate test reports along with cheap and nasty products. As a result, all damages go back to
the innocent customers.
Zalman therefore, would like to remind our valuable customers of the risk of purchasing/using those
copy products and to announce that Zalman is preparing all possible legal actions to protect its
patents and design rights from those manufacturers."
I just wish that companies like Zalman, who has spawned many copy-cat products by various smaller outfits, would actually do something about it....more than just words. I've seen little actions taken against rip-off products.
"Zalman has many patents and design rights registered in various countries throughout the world.
They result from continuous investments on high-end technologies and innovative designs in a field
of people-friendly computer cooling solutions, and therefore, Zalman and Zalman technologies have
become a benchmark to many other manufacturers in the computing cooling field.
Unfortunately it is not difficult to find companies attempting to ride on Zalman's reputation by
continuously infringing upon Zalman's unique designs and technologies these days. They illegally
produce and merchandize the copy products without any preliminary permission or agreement.
These kinds of fake products look pretty much the same as Zalman's, but they lack Zalman’s
craftsmanship. Many problems were reported by customers on these products, particularly in high-end
systems. Furthermore, these manufacturers continue with their efforts in luring customers with
inaccurate test reports along with cheap and nasty products. As a result, all damages go back to
the innocent customers.
Zalman therefore, would like to remind our valuable customers of the risk of purchasing/using those
copy products and to announce that Zalman is preparing all possible legal actions to protect its
patents and design rights from those manufacturers."
I just wish that companies like Zalman, who has spawned many copy-cat products by various smaller outfits, would actually do something about it....more than just words. I've seen little actions taken against rip-off products.