3M vs. Batteries.com Li battery patent case

[HCaul]

According to this Reuters story (which probably requires an NY Times free account to read), batteries.com just agreed to stop infringing a patent owned by 3M on some sort of Li battery technology. No idea what specific product(s) might be involved or what they are branded under.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-threem-lawsuit.html

 

[Omega Man]

Good for 3M!

 

[parnass]

"... Batteries.com has agreed to sell lithium ion laptop batteries containing cells manufactured by a licensed source of 3M's patented lithium ion battery technology, and to discontinue sales of infringing lithium ion batteries. The remaining terms of the settlement are confidential ...."

There is a little more information in this press release.

 

[HCaul]

Ah. the story seems to have been updated since I posted it. Originally is said lithium, not lithium ion, and didn't say anything about laptop batteries. I guess this is more limited that I had thought it might be, and probably doesn't affect many of the cells we use here.