Western Digital filed a patent infringement suit against storage manufacturer Cornice today, claiming the company is infringing on seven WD patents related to disk drive technology.
From Western Digital’s press release:
Filed today in United States District Court in Orange County, Calif., the lawsuit alleges that Cornice is infringing seven Western Digital patents related to disk drive technology. Western Digital is seeking to prevent Cornice from illegally using Western Digital patented technology, as well as seeking to recoup monetary damages resulting from patent infringement by products Cornice has already sold to its customers.
Matt Massengill, chairman and CEO for Western Digital, said, “Western Digital has made significant investments in research and development over its 34-year history, including the last 16 years as a leading hard drive company. We have invested hundreds of millions of dollars to develop our hard drive products. The technical sophistication and outstanding quality of our products is the result of these investments and the hard work of our talented and dedicated team of employees. We will not allow Cornice to unfairly exploit our patents, which are the product of the efforts of our team and the investments by our shareholders. We intend to vigorously protect our valuable intellectual property and keep our rights from being violated.”
Cornice has made news this year with its development of tiny hard drives used in portable devices.
