Drive maker files counterclaims in patent suit
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Cornice blasts Seagate's suit over patents for tiny hard drives used in portable gadgets.
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SEATTLE A central Pennsylvania company is named in a lawsuit filed by Microsoft on claims of counterfeit and illicit certificates of authenticity.
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(InfoWorld) - 3M Co. has filed suit against several big electronics companies, including Sony and Lenovo Group, for allegedly violating two patents related to lithium-ion battery technology. In a suit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, 3M charged Sony, Lenovo, Matsushita Industrial Electric Co., Panasonic Corp. of North America, Hitachi, CDW, and others of violating patents related to the composition of the cathode, or positive electrode, used in lithium-ion batteries they manufactured, imported, or sold in the United States. 3M is seeking financial damages and injunction from the court to stop the companies from infringing its battery patents. "3M has suffered, and will continue to suffer, irreparable injury and damages," the company said in the complaint, asking that it be awarded treble damages for the harm allegedly caused by the defendants. A Sony spokesman in Tokyo declined to comment, saying the company is still gathering information related to the suit. Matsushita also declined to comment, saying it had not yet received a copy of 3M's complaint. Attempts to contact representatives at other companies named as defendants in the lawsuit were not immediately successful.
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Little-known Texas MP3 TechnologiesÂ is taking on Apple, Samsung Electronics, and Sandisk with a patent-infringement lawsuit.
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SanDisk is suing 25 companies over patents used in removable flash storage products including MP3 players and USB flash drives.
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InfoWorld - A California-based software company has filed a patent infringement suit against Microsoft over two patents that enable the creation of virtual private networks.
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Claims manufactured discs unlicensed Toshiba last week launched legal action against an Italian disc duplication company it maintains has infringed its intellectual property.â¦
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Microsoft is fighting a rejection by US patent authorities of a patent for its FAT filesystem, the company said on Thursday. Meanwhile, it&#39;s celebrating a jury decision clearing it of patent infringement charges
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As Sandisk throws lawsuits round like confetti Sun has issued a counter-lawsuit against Network Appliance (NetApps) which last month sued the Java overlords alleging it had violated seven of its patents.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Acer Inc. has filed a patent counterclaim against rival Hewlett-Packard Co. as part of itsÂ response to two HP lawsuits. The lawsuits come amid a major push by Acer into the U.S. PC market, and brisk global growth. The Taiwanese company's shipments to the U.S., HP's home turf, grew 163.8 percent year-on-year in the most recent second quarter, according to preliminary figures by market researcher IDC. HP has also been gaining market share in PCs at the expense of other rivals such as Dell Inc., but Acer remains the fastest-growing PC maker among the top 10. The counterclaim filed last week by Acer alleges HP has infringed its antenna and DVD-ROM head technology patents. The suit was filed in the same court as theÂ HP lawsuits against Acer, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The HP lawsuits claim that Acer has infringed 10 HP patents related to PCs. The world's largest PC vendor is seeking to block Acer PC imports to the U.S. and is asking for compensation from Acer, payment of legal fees, and triple damages for alleged intentional violation of the patents. Court documents in the Acer counterclaim were not yet available at the time of writing. Acer has said it believes its contracts with contract PC makers indemnify it from HP's claims, and has already filed aÂ lawsuit against three of its suppliers aimed at forcing them to live up to their contracts. Many laptop and desktop PC suppliers do the design and manufacturing work for customers. Acer said that since its suppliers worked on the design of the PCs in question, they should share the burden of the HP lawsuit. The supplier agreements specifically indemnify the company from lawsuits such as the two brought about by HP, Acer said. The HP lawsuits come as Acer continues to gain market share in the global PC business, and some analysts have called the disputes a response to the inroads Acer has made in the U.S. PC market. Acer's shipments to the U.S. grew 163.8 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, according to preliminary figures from market researcher IDC, beating all other companies among the top six. The Taiwanese company more than doubled its market share to 5.2 percent from 2.1 percent a year ago. "Acer continued its rapid expansion in the Americas while posting strong gains in other regions as well," IDC said in a statement. New retail and dealer partner agreements are boosting Acer's drive into the U.S. market, the industry researcher said. By contrast, HP's shipments in the U.S. grew 26 percent over the same time. HP retained its title as the world's biggest PC vendor with a 19.3 percent share of the market, compared to 7.2 percent for fourth place Acer. Acer's worldwide shipments in the second quarter rose 55 percent against the same time last year, compared to 36.5 percent growth for HP.
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Little-known company has come forward claiming rights to patents at the center of NTP's high-stakes suit against Research In Motion.
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A video game fan upset over a  failed disc drive in his Xbox video game console has sued  Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O on behalf of all Xbox owners across  the United States..
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The flash memory maker filed three patent infringement suits against companies that make, sell and import flash storage products.
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TechWeb - IBM claims the Taiwan-based computer and components manufacturer infringes on three of its patents.
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There's a silver lining in every Blu-ray patent cloud Sony is facing legal action from a Californian company over claims of patent infringement in its use of Blu-ray technology in the PlayStation 3 games console.â¦
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The world&#39;s largest computer software manufacturer filed suit Tuesday in US District Court against a local software retailer it claims is selling and distributing counterfeit software labels.
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In documents filed Friday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, IBM sought the dismissal of a major component of the lawsuit filed against it last year by The SCO Group.