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Oh, yes, lenovo, via ibm but expired 2017.

>If the Framework Laptop had a keyboard option with a TrackPoint-style pointing stick

Patents?

the exact thinkpad style is probably patented but it's a pointing stick, a feature common across laptops in the past. I know for sure that some Dells (TrackStick) and HPs (PointStick) had them.

But they produce ThinkPad during nearly 30 years, is there any patents still alive?

If other companies can provide keyboards with a TrackPoint [1], then I think it should be possible - disclaimer, I have such an external keyboard, the Shinobi, and the TrackPoint movement (on Linux) is actually better and more accurate than on my ThinkPad laptop.

[1]: https://tex.com.tw/

Do lenovo really control those? I thought they were expired HP patents?