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> Does anyone know if IBM prohibits other vendors from duplicating the hard
> disk enclosure for Thinkpads (either the old or new versions)? Is there a
> way that I can find this information?
To the best of my knowledge, if it was patented it would have to at
least have a "Pat pending" stamp on it.
Also, given that it is an enclosure, 2 AMP connectors and some cable,
it seem unlikely it could be patented. You would probably be in
trouble if you molded it exactly, but if you simply duplicated the
functionality I don't see how you could have a problem. (Except,
perhaps, the locking switch.)
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