SanDisk Accuses 25 Companies of Violating its Flash Memory Patents

6:15 am on October 26, 2007 | Category: Business, Mobile Devices, Regulation

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SanDisk Corp., a leading manufacturer of flash memory devices, filed three patent infringement lawsuits naming no less than 25 companies that manufacture, import, and sell USB drives, portable media players, memory cards, and other removable storage products that incorporate flash memory technology.

Two of the suits were filed at a U.S. District Court in Wisconsin, while another was presented to the U.S. International Trade Commission. The companies named as defendants include Korean consumer electronics giant, LG Electronics, as well as numerous digital storage manufacturers, such as PNY Technologies, Kingston Technology Co., and Corsair Memory.

“These actions demonstrate SanDisk’s long-term commitment to enforcing its patents, both to protect our investment in research and development by obtaining a fair return on that investment, and out of fairness to third-parties that participate in our patent licensing program,” commented SanDisk’s Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, E. Earle Thompson. “Our goal is to resolve these matters by offering the defendants the opportunity to participate in our patent licensing program for card and system technology. Otherwise, we will aggressively pursue these actions, seeking a prompt judicial resolution awarding damages, obtaining injunctive relief and banning importation of infringing product.”

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