| SanDisk lodges patent action against 25 flash competitors |
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| Written by Stan Beer | |
| Saturday, 27 October 2007 | |
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The list of companies named in the lawsuit includes some of the most recognizable names in the storage business including LG Electronics, Imation/Memorex, Verbatim, Kingston, and Silicon Motion Technology, among others. SanDisk has indicated that its aim is to force the named companies to license its technology or to stop their products being imported into the US. “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,” said E. Earle Thompson, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at SanDisk. “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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