Suing over the *form-factor*?

I'm off to file a patent on the 'form factor' of the 2x4 that's lurking in my shed, watch out timber merchants everywhere, don't you dare copy my patented timber dimensions or I'll sue you back to the dark ages.

(BTW, wasn't it Sony that created the 3.5" form factor with the floppy drive? Perhaps they could fund the development of the PS4 with the proceeds of the suit against Seagate?)

Paris, wood... no further comment.

We live in a world where corporate legal departments are designed as revenue streams just as much as the traditional sales departments.

The pressure to produce income will inevitably lead to the same extremes of behaviour that affect those sales departments.

If one expects legal operations to be purely defensive, professional and proper these days then one is living in the wrong century. Speculative litigation is quite normal now.

Brilliant plan!

Well done to STEC.

So this suit enabled Seagate to look at STEC's hardware to evaluate whether there was patent infringement - so they got a free fully guided tour and look under the hood, maybe that was the point all along?

What is it you have against Seagate exactly? Have you had a drive go down 5 years ago and you take a swipe at them whenever you get the chance?

It sounds to me like STEC and Seagate may be getting together for some SSD shenanigans in the future - the tech world works in mysterious ways. I doubt STEC are having an easy time in the present environment, maybe cash rich Seagate has offered a mutually benefical alternative? Makes sense to me, but then I guess its easy to take shots at big companies?

Sorry dude, your 2x4 actually has a 3.5" form factor, expect a letter from Seagate soon.