I guess I could see where the first two patents that ASUS has allegedly violated could have some relation to the Eee PC, but the last one?? The article continually references the Eee PC, but makes no direct connection between the suit & the spunky lil' ultra-portable. Pure speculation? Could be.... Then again, it is fun to type... Eee PC. See?

"IBM listed three alleged offending patents: U.S. Patent No. 5,008,829, Personal computer power supply; U.S. Patent No. 5,249,741, Automatic fan speed control; and U.S. Patent No. 5,371,852, Method and apparatus for making a cluster of computers appear as a single host on a network."