e.Digital Files New Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Toshiba, Kingston, Seagate, Western Digital, Intel, Micron, PNY & Ot...
December 09 2013 - 9:30AM
Marketwired
e.Digital Files New Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Toshiba,
Kingston, Seagate, Western Digital, Intel, Micron, PNY and Other
Flash Memory Suppliers
Filings Follow Successful Licensing After Prior Patent
Enforcement Actions
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 9, 2013) - e.Digital
Corporation (OTCQB: EDIG), a long standing source of innovation and
future-defining patented technologies, announced today that it has
filed thirty-nine new patent infringement lawsuits in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of
California.
Handal & Associates, on behalf of the Company, has recently
filed the lawsuits against entities that e.Digital believes
infringe the Company's U.S. Patent No. 5,839,108 ("the '108
patent") covering the use of flash memory technologies. The patent
is part of e.Digital's Flash-R™ patent portfolio.
Among the list of Defendants are Toshiba America Information
Systems, Inc., Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Seagate
Technology LLC, Western Digital Corporation, Intel Corporation,
Micron Technology, Inc., and PNY Electronics, Inc., dba PNY. The
'108 patent relates to the way that modern day flash memory devices
store and manage data.
"We have broadened our focus to now include the suppliers of
Flash memory in our litigation strategy under the '108 patent,"
said Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. "The '108 patent is
valid through March of 2016 and, as a result, we intend to enforce
our patent rights to the '108 patent for years to come. In
particular, we feel very strongly that the named suppliers are and
have been directly infringing the '108 patent and we seek to
recover damages for the unauthorized use of our technology. We are
pleased with the progress Handal & Associates has made in
continuing to monetize our Flash-R patent portfolio and leveraging
their comprehensive understanding of the portfolio to broaden our
licensing opportunities," concluded Falk.
About e.Digital Corporation: For more than 20 years, e.Digital's
ideas and inventions have impacted the evolution of consumer
products. Today, e.Digital innovations, including its Flash-R™
portfolio of flash memory-related patents, are essential to many
portable consumer electronic products. The Company pioneered
dedicated portable in-flight entertainment systems in 2003 and more
than 30 airlines have employed e.Digital powered products. For more
information about e.Digital, please visit: www.edigital.com.
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beliefs about future events that are based on management's belief,
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goals and strategy will be realized. Numerous factors, including
risks and uncertainties, may affect actual results and may cause
results to differ materially from those expressed in
forward-looking statements made by the Company or on its behalf.
Some of these factors include the substantial uncertainties
inherent in pursuing patent enforcement activities including, but
not limited to the risks and costs of litigation, the acceptance of
existing and future products and technologies, the difficulty of
commercializing and protecting new technology such as the Company's
new Nunchi, data distribution and other technologies, the impact of
competitive products, technologies and pricing, general business
and economic conditions, and other factors detailed in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports
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