For all who were kept in the dark, SanDisk was currently in a legal battle with Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world’s leaders in telecommunications. SanDisk was suing Alcatel-Lucent over one of their patents, and Alcatel-Lucent countered with claims asking SanDisk for royalties over their MP3 players. The case was put on hold because Alcatel-Lucent is currently fighting a similar case with Microsoft. Today, both Alcatel-Lucent and SanDisk filed a joint request to drop the lawsuit at the San Jose Federal Court. Milpitas-based SanDisk has stated that their media players, such as the Connect, Clip, View, Fuze, SlotMusic, etc. don’t use the process that is covered by the Alcatel-Lucent patent. Alcatel-Lucent agreed “not to sue or otherwise seek to hold SanDisk liable” for infringement of the patent.
- Geoff
[Source: MercuryNews]
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