Actually, it's highly likely that they would only sue provided enough units were sold. If they sue when only a few units are sold, the damages rewarded are likely to be considerably less than the legal fees required. However, if they sue after mass uptake, then the damages rewarded could well be hundreds or thousands of times the legal fees.

F*** the Cakbook Air. It's not the first thing to have a SSD in by a long shot. Or the most popular thing.

No one buys these gimmicks anyway. Why always mention Apple products when a piece of hardware remotely relates to them?

'With SSD still prohibitively expensive, the current market and margins for these drives is still relatively small'

Sorry, I was under the impression that margins were high on new (read expensive) products and come down with increased competition/lower prices....? 

Mugs, sorry consumers, are always prepared to pay higher (relative) prices to be first in the queue for new technology....

This is FUD, they give no details... the only strength it has is that people publish it! If I threaten to sue Oracle with some secret patents I have if there next financial report ends in an even number will you publish that too?

Oh and the "if ssd's become popular" stuff is just crap! If they had a patent they would use it now otherwise there shareholders would string them up for wasting time and money and loosing strength in the case.

Please only publish real news and ALWAYS mention the ASUS eee when you talk about SSD because they are cool!

I'll trust the likes of Seagate to backup their words with patents then someone like SCO :)