Yet another lawsuit for breaking a patent, Ultra is suing the majority of it's competitors. They are suing 22 other modular power supply manufacturers for not violating the patent, but being an accomplice to end users who are violating the patent. Yes I hear what you are saying "how would we have known about this patent?"

Ultra says they sent several letters to the manufacturers and they are requesting 3 times the damages being made. Oh, and unless we're missing something here, Hewlett Packard filed a modular power supply patent in 2000 -- we certainly recall Screen Savers covering the devices way back in '99.

If I became a politician, I would definitely get rid of patents. Even a person who has nothing to do with the patent can be making riches from having it, really it's just documentation of an idea. No different to notes in my top draw of my desk.