Acer and HP patent rumble rumbles on

Taiwan-based Acer, which looks set to be ranked third in the world among PC vendors following its imminent takeover of Gateway, said it had filed patent infringement complaints in the US against rival HP.

The latest lawsuit, which was filed on 30 October in a US District Court in Wisconsin as well as with the International Trade Commission, relates to alleged patent mischief with Acer PCs, servers, and peripheral devices.