Looks like it but it isn't

Red02 · 26-April-04, 01:21 PM

So I was wandering around PCMods when I came across This.

Any idea how they can get away with that? I mean I thought Zalman would patent that design so no one could use it. This is vary confusing

FunkyFresh · 26-April-04, 01:43 PM

I hate when they make cheap imitations of a known good brand. If you have all the engineering & manufacturing resources at your disposal, why not design/make/market your OWN product? Yeah, I hope they get sued.

---------- Zalman ---------- | ------ Imitation ------

CPU Killer · 26-April-04, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FunkyFresh


	I hate when they make cheap imitations of a known good brand. If you have all the engineering & manufacturing resources at your disposal, why not design/make/market your OWN product? Yeah, I hope they get sued. ---------- Zalman ---------- \| ------ Imitation ------

it may just be a re-labled Zalman. Like Dell does with the Sony Trinitron Monitors and such.....

Red02 · 26-April-04, 01:57 PM

Yeah but if you look on the fins they even have the different colors like zalman. I mean COME ON!!!

Maybe one of use should get that and do a review on it, to see if its worth it or not.

ZENNZZO · 26-April-04, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Red02


	Yeah but if you look on the fins they even have the different colors like zalman. I mean COME ON!!! Maybe one of use should get that and do a review on it, to see if its worth it or not.

Remember PCtoys has alot of re-labled Zalman stuff...like the GPU heatsinks?...I bet it's the same dam thing...

KayinStorm · 26-April-04, 02:00 PM

Close examination shows a different socket mount, and fewer, thicker fins. Cheap knock-off, and I hope they get sued hard.

FunkyFresh · 26-April-04, 02:02 PM

I thought about it just being a re-labeled Zalman, but its fins are a different shape (rounded on the upper-outer edge, and a more shallower indent below the fan), it weighs 61g less, and it uses one ball bearing instead of the Zalman's two. Store-brand Cheerios may be 90% the same, but they taste horrible

I would be curious to see a test!

ZENNZZO · 26-April-04, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by KayinStorm


	Close examination shows a different socket mount, and fewer, thicker fins. Cheap knock-off, and I hope they get sued hard.

For the reasons you mentioned alone, how could they?

KayinStorm · 26-April-04, 02:15 PM

Deliberate intent to copy a patented object can be penalized even with such design changes if the end product resembles the patented object closely enough to fool consumers.

We know the Zalman well, lots of people don't an will get this POS foisted on them. Therefore, it's misleading design. MicroSoft does it all the time. And believe it or not, that part's legal.

ZENNZZO · 26-April-04, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by KayinStorm


	Deliberate intent to copy a patented object can be penalized even with such design changes if the end product resembles the patented object closely enough to fool consumers. We know the Zalman well, lots of people don't an will get this POS foisted on them. Therefore, it's misleading design. MicroSoft does it all the time. And believe it or not, that part's legal.

Priciples are not patentable,
I need to see that patent law. If that is the case Heny Ford is owed alot of money...
For the cost of that cooler to be designed and put into production,
one would think that the legalities would be covered.
I'm not going to play week-end attorney and Quote laws that I don't really know about ...but common sense and economics would dictate otherwise.

KayinStorm · 26-April-04, 02:33 PM

Good point.

But, I wonder how it cools?

26-April-04, 01:21 PM		#1 (permalink)
Red02 Freck-hoe-d	Looks like it but it isn't So I was wandering around PCMods when I came across This. Any idea how they can get away with that? I mean I thought Zalman would patent that design so no one could use it. This is vary confusing

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26-April-04, 01:43 PM		#2 (permalink)
FunkyFresh 'Da Doctor of Funk	I hate when they make cheap imitations of a known good brand. If you have all the engineering & manufacturing resources at your disposal, why not design/make/market your OWN product? Yeah, I hope they get sued. ---------- Zalman ---------- \| ------ Imitation ------

26-April-04, 01:57 PM		#4 (permalink)
Red02 Freck-hoe-d	Yeah but if you look on the fins they even have the different colors like zalman. I mean COME ON!!! Maybe one of use should get that and do a review on it, to see if its worth it or not.

26-April-04, 02:00 PM		#6 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God	Close examination shows a different socket mount, and fewer, thicker fins. Cheap knock-off, and I hope they get sued hard.

26-April-04, 02:02 PM		#7 (permalink)
FunkyFresh 'Da Doctor of Funk	I thought about it just being a re-labeled Zalman, but its fins are a different shape (rounded on the upper-outer edge, and a more shallower indent below the fan), it weighs 61g less, and it uses one ball bearing instead of the Zalman's two. Store-brand Cheerios may be 90% the same, but they taste horrible I would be curious to see a test!

26-April-04, 02:15 PM		#9 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God	Deliberate intent to copy a patented object can be penalized even with such design changes if the end product resembles the patented object closely enough to fool consumers. We know the Zalman well, lots of people don't an will get this POS foisted on them. Therefore, it's misleading design. MicroSoft does it all the time. And believe it or not, that part's legal.

26-April-04, 02:33 PM		#11 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God	Good point. But, I wonder how it cools?