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Seagate Accuses Cornice of Patent Infringement

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the proprietary-platters dept.

dncsky1530 writes "Seagate's recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against Cornice of Longmont, Colo. Now it is seeking an order from the U.S. International Trade Commission to exclude Cornice disk drives and any systems or products using or containing Cornice disc drives from entry into the United States. Seagate asserts that Cornice is infringing on seven of its U.S. patents that relate to several areas of disk drive technology."

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  1. Western Digital too by Thiago+Ize · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sounds like Cornice really is thieving -- Western Digital has also filed patent infringement charges against them. This is one case where I'm actually FOR filing suit.

    I feel dirty saying that here...

  2. Re:Couldn't this hurt the US? by randyest · · Score: 5, Informative

    I mean the patent laws are anti-business

    Eh? I guess that's true if your "business" is using the fruits of the research and development of other companies without any permission or compensation. But I'm afraid most business, at least those interested in developing new things, appreciate that they can use patents to help ensure they make some money to pay off that fat R&D bill before everyone else just reverse-engineers a product and puts out a knock-off version for half the price immediately.

    How will small businesses and internationals compete against US businesses when all international products are up for review.

    The same way they always have -- through innovation, superior products, better service, better prices, etc. You don't have to steal to compete.

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  3. Wait and See by WindBourne · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some of you are in a real hurry to convict Cornice with out having a grasp of what the situation is. They are a start-up with good technology and good sales. Basically they produce diskdrives that use very few parts. Cornice was started by a group that use to make Maxtor, Seagate, etc. They know well what the patents are. My understanding is that the company is not infringing, but both groups hope to pressure Cornice into trading patents with them.

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  4. Re:I hope those infringed patents don't include... by Caiwyn · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maxtor bought Quantum, not Seagate.