STEC Dismisses Seagate's Patent Lawsuit
	Solid-state drive manufacturer STEC claims that Seagate's patent infringement lawsuit is completely without merit and gets ready to prove this in court. According to the filled lawsuit, hard-disk drive manufacturer Seagate accuses STEC of infringing four ... [read more >>]
	16 April 2008, 04:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Seagate Starts Calling SSD Manufacturers To Court
	Storage expert Seagate is reportedly gearing up for a huge court battle with almost any solid-state drive manufacturer on the market. As previously reported, Seagate's CEO, Bill Watkins, said that he was not impressed with the performance boost achieved by using SSDs inside notebooks, and ... [read more >>]
	15 April 2008, 03:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ultra Products Slams PSU Manufacturers With Huge Lawsuit
	Ultra Products, an obscure hardware manufacturer has triggered an enormous lawsuit against almost any power-supply unit manufacturer on the market, based on the alleged fact that they infringe upon the company's patented technology. The lawsuit claims that a vast number of high-power modular power supply manufacturers are abusing the company's intellectual property regarding some aspects of its modular design. Ultra ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2008, 16:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asustek Slams IBM With Patent Infringement Countersuit
	Computer manufacturer Asustek has just filled a lawsuit against the US-based conglomerate IBM over an alleged patent infringement regarding its intellectual property. Asustek's legal action comes as a response to a previous lawsuit filled by IBM against the Taiwanese vendor on the same grounds. The system vendor filled its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, seeking relief from the ... [read more >>]
	07 April 2008, 20:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Seagate CEO Hammers Another Nail Into SSD's Coffin
	Solid-state drives are extremely popular storage media among notebook users. They are slim, light and they have no moving parts to damage the storage media while operating under increased vibrations or shocks. More than that, they are extremely energy-efficient and help preserving the battery life for extended periods. However, the main shortcoming when it comes to solid state drives is the fact that they are exponentially mor ... [read more >>]
	25 March 2008, 04:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Blu-Ray Gets Nailed to the Cross Due to Patent Infringements
	Blu-Ray, the next king in the high-definition industry might get some serious issues because of Sony's alleged patent infringement related to Blu-ray disc players and other products. According to the U.S. International Trade Commission, the patent infringement may lead to blocks against importing Blu-ray technology, cellphones as well as other storage media. According to the Commission, the problem lies in a complaint fil ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 11:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AMD Slams Samsung With Patent Lawsuit
	Chip manufacturer AMD has just filled a lawsuit against the Korean conglomerate Samsung for alleged infringements of the company's patents regarding chips and displays fabrication technology. The lawsuit has been filled with the Northern California district court a few weeks ago, and concerns the infringement of Advanced Micro Devices' technology patent numbers 5,545,592; 4,737,830; 5,248,293;5,559,990; 5,377,200; an ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung And Sharp to Get Dirty in Patent Lawsuit Wrestling
	Samsung Electronics decided to strike back at the patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by Sharp some time ago. The biggest semiconductor manufacturer has filled a patent-infringement lawsuit against LDC panel manufacturer Sharp with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Tokyo District Court. According to the company representatives, Samsung had filled the U.S. complaint on December 21st and accused Sharp of h ... [read more >>]
	27 December 2007, 11:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung and Hitachi to Shake Hands for HDD Patents
	Samsung Electronics has announced that it has agreed with Hitachi to exchange technology licenses to include their hard-disk drive patents. The deal has been filled with the Korean Exchange, and the agreement with Hitachi covers technology patented by both Hitachi and IBM (as the Japanese electronics conglomerate bought IBM's disk drive operations in 2002 for $2 billion). Under the new agreement, both companies will be ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 08:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

RIM's BlackBerries to Double the Company's Income
	Canadian Company Research In Motion (RIM), known for their BlackBerry smartphone, reported quarterly earnings of $370.5 million, which translates into 65 cents per share. Analysts estimate an yearly revenue of over $1.65 billion. "It is clear from the results in this quarter that BlackBerry smartphones have crossed over from being viewed as a primarily enterprise product to being marketed as a strong mainstream offering,& ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 06:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dell's XT Tablet PC Is Here – Trouble Is Yet to Come
	Dell has unveiled today their newest product, the Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC. The product not only is the first Tablet PC to be manufactured by Dell, but at the same time, it is industry's first convertible tablet to weigh under two kilograms. "We are listening and aim to exceed customers’ expectations", said Margaret Franco, director, Dell Product Group. "Until now, customers have been forced to make tradeoffs in t ... [read more >>]
	11 December 2007, 06:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Typhoon Touch Technologies to File Lawsuit Against Dell
	Recent news on the IT market lets me draw but a conclusion: if you can't sell more than they do, then sue them. It was a hard week, with companies moving their wars from the market directly into the courtroom: it was the Nigerian LANCOR to sue OLPC over their laptop, then it was IBM to sue Asustek for multiple patent infringement, then it's Typhoon Touch to smash Dell's head against the wall. Typhoon Touch Tech ... [read more >>]
	07 December 2007, 10:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia