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In April of last year, hard drive maker Seagate filed a patent infringement lawsuit against solid-state drive (SSD) developer STEC, alleging the company was violating four Seagate patents in its SSD products. STEC is a relatively small SSD developer, and Seagate implied that the lawsuit was a test case to induce other storage developers into patent licensing partnerships—Seagate claimed it had invested over $7 billion developing key… Read More

Last month, Seagate CEO Bill Watkins both downplayed the significance of flash-based solid state drives in the current computing market to Fortune magazine, then grumbled about SSD manufacturers infringing on Seagate patents. This month, the company looks to be following up on its threats: it has filed suit against relatively small SSD maker Stec Inc, alleging the company is violating four Seagate patents. In an official response, Stec… Read More