http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/seagate-found-to-have-infringed-patent-but-beats-lawsuit-from-siemens/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/seagate-found-to-have-infringed-patent-but-beats-lawsuit-from-siemens/#comment-7359 Boycott Novell » Patents Roundup: Food for Thought Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:08:56 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2009/01/05/seagate-found-to-have-infringed-patent-but-beats-lawsuit-from-siemens/#comment-7359 [...] Seagate found to have infringed patent, but beats lawsuit from Siemens The last two years have seen plenty of patent litigation among storage companies, including a battle between Sun Microsystems and NetApp Inc. that is still ongoing. However, other patent lawsuits that have made a splash in the storage industry, such as Quantum’s suit against Riverbed, have been settled out of court or otherwise fizzled like this one. In the Sun case, at least one of the patents cited by NetApp in suing Sun has been taken off the table by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office due to similar enforcement issues. So far the lawsuits are looking like key talking points for those who argue the patent system in general badly needs reform. [...] [...] Seagate found to have infringed patent, but beats lawsuit from Siemens The last two years have seen plenty of patent litigation among storage companies, including a battle between Sun Microsystems and NetApp Inc. that is still ongoing. However, other patent lawsuits that have made a splash in the storage industry, such as Quantum’s suit against Riverbed, have been settled out of court or otherwise fizzled like this one. In the Sun case, at least one of the patents cited by NetApp in suing Sun has been taken off the table by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office due to similar enforcement issues. So far the lawsuits are looking like key talking points for those who argue the patent system in general badly needs reform. [...]

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