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... LG Electronics also include popular names like Kingston Technology, Silicon Motion Technology, Apacer Technology, Imation Corp, Buffalo and PNY Technologies among others. The suit is for the technology that controls the communication between the memory and the ... players based on flash memory. If the companies listed in the lawsuits do not agree to to pay license fees to SanDisk in order to use the technology the company will plan to continue to seek legal damages and to ban the companies from ...

... Circuit may encourage patent holders to sue for infringement first and discuss settlement later. In SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc., 05-1300 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 26, 2007), ... patents -- despite ST's unilateral promise, during licensing negotiations, not to sue SanDisk. In footnote 1, the court suggests that ST could have avoided the result by getting SanDisk to ... If he balks, tell him "sorry, mate, but I can't risk it. SanDisk leaves me no choice." Otherwise, you may find yourself litigating, as ...

... No. 337-TA-619). This investigation was instituted on December 12, 2007, based on the complaint of SanDisk Corp. of Milpitas, California. According to the Notice, over 50 respondents were named in ... media players and products containing same of claims 17, 24, and 30 of SanDisk's U.S. Patent No. 6,763,424 (the '424 patent) or ... S. Patent No. 7,137,011 (the '011 patent). On May 4, 2009, SanDisk and the Commission Investigative Staff filed petitions for review of the ID, the remaining respondents in ...

... our April 14 and August 25 posts, this investigation was instituted on December 12, 2007, based on the complaint of SanDisk Corp. ("SanDisk") of Milpitas, California. According to the notice, over 50 respondents were named in the complaint, and ... by the ALJ." The Commission further determined that "[g]iven the Commission's affirmance of the ALJ's determination that SanDisk failed to establish that the accused controllers infringe claim 17 of the '424 patent, the Commission declines to reach the ...

STMicroelectronics, Inc. v. Sandisk Corp., 2006 WL 1867934(E.D.Tex. Jun 23, 2006) (NO. 4:05CV44) Judge: Don Bush Holding: Motion for Summary Judgment of Noninfringement Recommended GRANTED Judge Bush recommended that SanDisk's motion for summary judgment on noninfringement be granted. As readers may recall, this is the report and recc that Judge Schell recently adopted, ending this case with a summary judgment of noninfringement.

... by the Federal Circuit during the 13th calendar week of 2007. All opinions are precedential unless otherwise indicated. Sandisk Corp. v. Stmicroelectronics, Inc., et al. (03/26/2007): appeal of grant of motion to dismiss ... to declaratory judgment jurisdiction because "ST sought a right to a royalty under its patents based on specific, identified activity by SanDisk"; discussion of promise not to sue for patent infringement; district court's dismissal of declaratory judgment action improper EON- ...

... [or] (2) a surgical incision." Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Blue Sky Med. Corp., No. 03-CV-0832, at 5 (W.D. Tex. June 28, 2005) (" ... not expressly point out, but that would nonetheless be covered by the claim term "wound." See SanDisk Corp. v. Memorex Prods., Inc., 415 F.3d 1278, 1284 (Fed. Cir. 2005); Amgen Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., 314 F.3d ... invention be limited to encompass all of them." E-Pass Techs., Inc. v. 3Com Corp., 343 F.3d 1364, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2003). ***See also http://ipbiz. ...

... Cir. 2007) (remand of district court's dismissal of declaratory judgment action); Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., Novartis Pharms. Corp., 482 F.3d 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (reversal of district court's dismissal of declaratory judgment action); SanDisk Corp., 480 F.3d 1372 (remand of district court's dismissal of declaratory judgment action). The resulting ease of achieving declaratory judgment jurisdiction in patent cases is accompanied by unique challenges. For instance, the ...

Thanks again to our friends at Duane Morris we learn that one federal circuit court has lowered the threshhold for declaratory judgment jurisdiction in patent actions. SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc., et al., No. 05-1300 On March 26, 2007, the...

... was no actual controversy, the court pointed out that the plaintiff provided no evidence that the defendants "had ever sued anyone" on their patents. Further, in SanDisk Corp., the Federal Circuit declined to hold that the patentee's statement that it had "absolutely no plan whatsoever to sue" the plaintiff eliminated the justiciable controversy created by patentee's actions; rather, the court concluded that the patentee "engaged in a ...