SanDisk vs Sisvel
p2pnet.net News:- SanDisk has “shrugged off a statement from a patent pool firm claiming a judicial victory,” says Reuters.
Italy’s Sisvel Sp which, says the story, collects royalties for audio coding technology used in MP3 players and set top boxes, also on behalf of other firms such as Philips Electronics and France Telecom, has accused SanDisk of not paying for the technology.
But, “In a litigation currently pending in the Mannheim District Court, SanDisk is showing that its MP3 players operate a technology which is completely different from a certain audio data transmission and reception techniques that has been patented for Philips and others many years ago,” SanDisk said in a statement, according to Reuters.
Sisvel obviously takes its job seriously. Last year it and its US subsidiary, Audio MPEG, sued Thomson SA for alleged copyright infringement, demanding that it be permanently barred from selling mp3 players, TV set top boxes and DVD and CD players using MPEG audio compression.
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Also See:
Reuters – SanDisk Shrugs off Berlin Court Ruling in MP3 Spat, December 14, 2006
sued Thomson SA – Thomson sued in mpeg case, October 12, 2005
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