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Shooting Blanks: Toshiba Sues Imation, Others over Recordable DVD Media

Shooting Blanks: Toshiba Sues Imation, Others over Recordable DVD Media

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba has filed suit against Imation, Advanced Media, Glyphics Media, Hotan Corporation, and a range of other makers of recordable DVD media, alleging the companies do not have licenses to Toshiba patents necessary to meet the DVD specifications. According to Toshiba, the manufacturers have not executed licenses to patents essential to meeting the DVD format specifications either from the DVD6C Licensing Group or from Toshiba itself; Toshiba is seeking damages as well as an injunction to prohibit the sales or importation of infringing recordable DVD media in the United States.

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Nintendo, Sony Face Controller Lawsuit

Nintendo, Sony Face Controller Lawsuit

Less than a year after finally ending its legal tussle with Immersion over rumble technology patents in controllers, Sony has once again found itself in hot water over controller patents, and this time Nintendo is right alongside on the hot seat. According to Ars Technica, Copper Innovation Group has slapped both companies with a lawsuit claiming they infringed on a patent it holds for a “Hand held computer input apparatus and method.”

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SanDisk Sues 25 Companies On Memory Patents

SanDisk Sues 25 Companies On Memory Patents

In a massive legal move, storage and portable media player developer SanDisk has filed three patent infringement lawsuits alleging some 25 companies that manufacture, import, or sell everything from USB flash drives to multimedia cards to portable media players infringe on SanDisk patents. The suits were filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin and with the U.S. International Trade Commission; the suits allege that the companies are actively infringing on SanDisk’s system-level patents. SanDisk is seeking an injunction on manufacturing infringing products and importing them into the United States, as well as unspecified monetary damages.

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LG Files DVD Patent Suit Against Quanta

LG Files DVD Patent Suit Against Quanta

South Korea’s LG Electronics has filed suit against Taiwan’s Quanta, alleging Quanta infringes on four patents related to LG’s DVD technology. Quanta is seeking monetary compensation as well as an an injunction preventing Quanta from selling infringing products in the United States.

“LG’s proprietorship of DVD technologies is widely recognized throughout industry and the unlicensed use of our intellectual property is not acceptable under any circumstances,” said Jeong Hwan Lee, executive VP and head of LG Electronics Intellectual Property Center, in a statement.

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Microsoft Sued Over Vista-Capable Claims

Software giant Microsoft has been targeted by a lawsuit accusing the company of letting PC makers label computers as "Vista capable" when they’re only able to run the most basic version of the operating system.

The suit, brought by Dianne Kelley through the Seattle law firm Gordon Murray Tilden, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, alleges a Microsoft engaged in "bait and switch" marking with a marketing campaign launched before the release of Windows Vista. The campaign was intended to encourage sales of new PCs while the industry was largely sitting on its hands waiting for the (much-delayed) Windows Vista to ship: PC makers could use a sticker to identify new machines as "Vista capable" so consumers would know their new machine would be able to take advantage of new Vista technologies once the operating system shipped.  Read more...

Canon Loses SED TV Patent Ruling

Judge Samuel Sparks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled against (PDF) electronics giant Canon in a patent dispute with Nano-Proprietary over technology planned for use in SED flat-screen televisions.

Canon originally licensed Nano-Proprietary’s technology with an eye towards manufacturing surface-conduction electron emitter displays (SED) for televisions; SED panels have the potential to offer brighter pictures than LCD displays while consuming less power. The problem is that Canon doesn’t actually make televisions, so the company got together with Toshiba (which does make televisions) set up a joint venture called SED Inc., aimed at developing SED TVs.  Read more...

Court Dismisses MySpace Negligence Suit

Judge Sam Sparks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has dismissed a lawsuit brought against popular social networking Web site MySpace. The suit was brought by the family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by a 19 year-old man she met via the Web site; the suit charged MySpace with fraud, negligence, and negligent misrepresentation.  Read more...

InterVideo Files Lawsuit Against Acer

From InterVideo’s press release:

InterVideo, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, InterVideo Digital Technology Corporation, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States Western District of Texas against Acer, Inc. and Acer America Corp. for infringement of U.S. Patent No 6765788 (the “‘788 Patent”), entitled “Method and apparatus for integrating personal computer and electronic device functions.”

InterVideo Digital Technology Corporation also earlier filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Taiwan District Court of Taipei against Acer, Inc. for infringement of Taiwan Patent No. 197624, entitled “Method and apparatus for implementing hot key functions”, and 172119, entitled “Memory device for assistant execution of computer program in semi-opening or all-opening machine”, and Taiwan Patent Application No. 91133178 (issued publication No. 591478), entitled “Method and apparatus for integrating personal computer and electronic device functions”.  Read more...

Real Sues MLB Over Contract Violation

From the RealNetworks press release:

RealNetworks, Inc. announced today that it has filed suit against Major League Baseball Advanced Media L.P. (MLBAM) in federal court in order to enforce a new contract entered into between the parties in February 2004 that requires MLBAM to make its Internet broadcasts of live baseball games on MLB.com available in RealNetworks media format. RealNetworks is also seeking a temporary restraining order for immediate enforcement of the contract. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle.  Read more...

Lindows vs. Windows trial delayed again

Microsoft sued Lindows.com in December 2001, accusing the company of infringing its “Windows” trademark and asking the court to bar Lindows.com from further using the Lindows name.

Schedule Shuffle
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle originally set a trial date in April, but moved that to December to give Lindows.com more time to prepare for the case. The trial has now been pushed back until March 1 because of a scheduling conflict, Lindows.com said in a statement Tuesday.  Read more...

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