SanDisk Sues 25 Companies On Memory Patents

By Geoff Duncan
October 25, 2007

Storage developer SanDisk has filed patent infringement lawsuits against 25 companies who make, import, and sell flash storage and portable music players.

In a massive legal move, storage and portable media player developer SanDisk has filed three patent infringement lawsuits alleging some 25 companies that manufacture, import, or sell everything from USB flash drives to multimedia cards to portable media players infringe on SanDisk patents. The suits were filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin and with the U.S. International Trade Commission; the suits allege that the companies are actively infringing on SanDisk's system-level patents. SanDisk is seeking an injunction on manufacturing infringing products and importing them into the United States, as well as unspecified monetary damages.

"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," ...

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