Ultra Finally laying down the law?

theburan · April 9th, 2008

Ultra Products, Inc. v. Antec, Inc. et al - 6:2008cv00503 - Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets

Well, it looks like ultra is finally filing a lawsuit against everyone who's making a modular psu. Lame.

garetjax · April 9th, 2008

Pathetic. Ultra isn't going to be making friends over this for sure. I'm not sure how a company can sue other companies for making modular power supplies? The lawsuit specifies "intellectual property" but modding a PSU so that it's modular isn't exactly new or hard to do... enthusiasts have been doing it for years. Case in point is FrozenCPU, who, as far as I know, has been modding PSUs far longer than Ultra has been providing PSUs as being modular.

The computer tech world is a tight knit community. I wouldn't be suprised to see if there wasn't some sort of backlash over this.

Sumgai · April 9th, 2008

Yeah, like Ultra going out of business hopefully. All they make are garbage products that'd I'd never recommend to anyone regardless; so if they dropped off the radar I wouldn't lose any sleep.

Tech Geek Deluxe · April 9th, 2008

Nail in the Coffin ... hopefully.

qazwsx · April 9th, 2008

This can't see this doing them any favors. It just seems to me like they've left it to late.

**Hitman** · April 9th, 2008

Whats most ironic about this is just about every other company makes a better Modular PSU then Ultra. Their PSU are the suck.

**Capper** · April 9th, 2008

Doesn't matter if their products "suck"....they created a design that works pretty well...why shouldn't they profit from it?

As to the Tech Sector being a "close knit" community....its really far from it....its a cut throat business.

**gvblake22** · April 9th, 2008

Hmmmm, Performance PC's claims to be the inventors of the modular PSU...
<<LINK>>

Lokie · April 9th, 2008

This will never fly, just like Antec's lawsuit with the LED fan. As long as the design is not the same there isn't a hope and a prayer. You have to give em props to maken the modular PSU mainstream.

Hell, if this does, I can't wait to see which modder goes for Ultra for the lawsuit on coping the idea of there version of a modular PSU!

Zambini · April 9th, 2008

I noticed they didn't include HIPER. The makers of my fine PSU.

That's weird.

April 9th, 2008	#1
theburan oh noes Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rapid City, SD (ish) Posts: 930 Blog Entries: 3	Ultra Finally laying down the law? Ultra Products, Inc. v. Antec, Inc. et al - 6:2008cv00503 - Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets Well, it looks like ultra is finally filing a lawsuit against everyone who's making a modular psu. Lame. e8500@4ghz\|Asus P5k-e WiFi\| 4gb OCZ ReaperX\|2x 3870's\|1.3tb storage space\|MSI tv tuner.

April 9th, 2008	#2
garetjax Audentes Fortuna Juvat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere south of sanity Posts: 1,541	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? Pathetic. Ultra isn't going to be making friends over this for sure. I'm not sure how a company can sue other companies for making modular power supplies? The lawsuit specifies "intellectual property" but modding a PSU so that it's modular isn't exactly new or hard to do... enthusiasts have been doing it for years. Case in point is FrozenCPU, who, as far as I know, has been modding PSUs far longer than Ultra has been providing PSUs as being modular. The computer tech world is a tight knit community. I wouldn't be suprised to see if there wasn't some sort of backlash over this.

April 9th, 2008	#3
Sumgai Overclocker In Training Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 283	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? Yeah, like Ultra going out of business hopefully. All they make are garbage products that'd I'd never recommend to anyone regardless; so if they dropped off the radar I wouldn't lose any sleep. Current Machine: Intel E2220 Gigabyte P35-DS3L AC Freezer 7 Pro 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 EVGA 8800GT 512MB X-Fi Extreme Gamer Seagate 250GB SATA WD Raptor 74GB SATA Samsung S203B DVD+R Silverstone SF60 Modular 600w Antec Nine Hundred Acer 2216Wbd 22" LCD

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Tech Geek Deluxe Eat from the right tree Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 795	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? Nail in the Coffin ... hopefully. Main: 3ghzQ6600, Gemini2, IP35 Pro, PC 610W PSU, 4GB 6400, XP Pro, 500GB raid 0, 22" + (2)19" WS LCD's w/ Palit 9600 GT and Dual Core Notebook. Cambridge # 12 Portable, Rode Podcaster Fios-15mbs Server: 3.6ghzE3110 Big Typhoon, Gigabyte P35-DS4, 550VX PSU, 8GB DDR2 8000, XP 64, 320GB raid 0, (2) 19" WS LCD, XFX 9600GT, HT 550Pro, BoomTube Portable VidServer: 3ghzQ6600, Nirvana, BloodIron, PC 610W PSU, 4GB 6400, XP Pro, ATI, Bose Sound. Draft-N LanBox: IceCube, 3.6ghzE8400, HDT, EVGA mATX, PSU, 2GB, XP, XFX, 500Gb Sata.

April 9th, 2008	#5
qazwsx With a pinch of insane! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, 127.0.0.1 Posts: 642	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? This can't see this doing them any favors. It just seems to me like they've left it to late.

April 9th, 2008	#6
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,404 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? Whats most ironic about this is just about every other company makes a better Modular PSU then Ultra. Their PSU are the suck.

April 9th, 2008	#7
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,870 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? Doesn't matter if their products "suck"....they created a design that works pretty well...why shouldn't they profit from it? As to the Tech Sector being a "close knit" community....its really far from it....its a cut throat business. INTEL E8400 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 4GB DDR3-1600 // Palit HD 4870 // Antec 1200 // Seagate 750GB HDD // Zalman CNPS9700 // BFG ES 800W PSU

April 9th, 2008	#8
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,417 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? Hmmmm, Performance PC's claims to be the inventors of the modular PSU... <<LINK>>

April 9th, 2008	#9
Lokie Custom What?! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 178	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? This will never fly, just like Antec's lawsuit with the LED fan. As long as the design is not the same there isn't a hope and a prayer. You have to give em props to maken the modular PSU mainstream. Hell, if this does, I can't wait to see which modder goes for Ultra for the lawsuit on coping the idea of there version of a modular PSU! You can't re-invent the wheel, but you can mod the hell out of it! Last edited by Lokie; April 9th, 2008 at 14:21.

April 9th, 2008	#10
Zambini Level 2 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 2,036 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Ultra Finally laying down the law? I noticed they didn't include HIPER. The makers of my fine PSU. That's weird.

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