LG was among 25 companies sued last week on patent infringement a...
LG was among 25 companies sued last week on patent infringement allegation by SanDisk in three cases. Two suits were filed in the U.S. District Court in Madison, Wis., and a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade…
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Commission -- all accusing the companies of infringing on various SanDisk system-level patents. In the Wisconsin suits, SanDisk said it was seeking damages and a permanent injunction. It sought a permanent exclusion order from the ITC banning importation of the infringing products into the U.S. The 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 Earle Thompson, SanDisk’s chief intellectual property counsel. “The goal is to resolve these matters by offering the defendants the opportunity to participate in our patent licensing program for card and system technology,” he said, adding that his company will otherwise “aggressively pursue these actions, seeking a prompt judicial resolution awarding damages, obtaining injunctive relief and banning importation of infringing product.” LG, named in the ITC complaint and one of the Wisconsin suits, declined to comment. A spokesman for Kingston, named in all three complaints, said his company “will vigorously defend its own rights and products.” But he declined to comment specifically on SanDisk’s actions, saying “on the advice of Kingston’s attorneys, we will not comment on pending litigation matters.”