SanDisk Files Suit Against 25 Companies

October 26th, 2007

SanDisk Corporation, one of the largest suppliers of flash data storage card products, filed three patent-infringement actions against 25 companies on Wednesday.All 25 companies manufacture, sell, and import USB flash drives, cards, media players, or other removable flash-storage products. Most of the defendants are little-known Asian companies, but some are recognizable brands, including LG, Kingston, and Silicon Motion.

SanDisk filed the suits in the in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin and at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that the defendants have infringed various SanDisk system-level patents.

SanDisk is seeking damages and a permanent injunction in the federal court actions, as well as a permanent exclusion order from the ITC banning importation of the products into the United States.

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