This week, it got here to gentle that Lian Li filed a lawsuit towards Phanteks over the design of its D30 followers. Lian Li alleges that Phanteks’ daisy-chain fan design infringes on one in every of its patents. Phanteks is not the one one dealing with this declare, as Lian Li can also be suing Thermaltake.
Lian Li filed its lawsuit towards Phanteks on the eighth of September. As proven by the Justica report of the filings, Lian Li additionally filed a lawsuit towards Thermaltake on that very same date.
Thermaltake and Lian Li haven’t but commented publicly on the lawsuit submitting but however the state of affairs seems to be just like the one between Lian Li and Phanteks. Thermaltake has its personal line of daisy-chainable RGB case followers, the SWAFAN EX collection. The SWAFAN magnetically connects followers collectively and permits them to be powered via a single cable.
Lian Li obtained the patent for an “illumination fan connectable with a minimum of one illumination fan for a pc” again in 2020. The patent additionally particulars the design, by which an RGB fan has an influence socket and a connector on one facet of the physique, which may connect with a second connector on the opposite facet of the physique, permitting RGB followers to be daisy chained.
KitGuru Says: Patent infringement instances can drag on, so it could possibly be some time earlier than we see any decision right here. In the meantime, it does not appear to be Thermaltake or Phanteks have responded with their very own authorized filings within the case simply but.
