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SmartDisk
News
2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003
SmartDisk
Announces
Patent
Infringement
Judgment
In
Its
Favor
Fort
Myers
FL, 12/16/2003 – SmartDisk
Corporation
today
announced
that
a patent
infringement
case
filed
against
the company
and Fuji
Photo
Film
U.S.A.
has been
resolved
in its
favor
by the
United
States
District
Court
for the
Middle
District
of Florida
Ft Myers
Division,
which
recently
entered
a final
judgment
of non-infringement.
The lawsuit,
filed
in June
2000,
alleged
that
SmartDisk's
Smarty
and FlashPath
products
infringed
a patent
asserted
by PC
Connector
Solutions,
LLC.
PC Connector
Solutions
LLC has
recently
filed
a Notice
of Appeal
to the
United
States
Court
of Appeals
for the
Federal
Circuit.
"We
are
pleased
that
the
Court
has
agreed
with
SmartDisk
that
there
was
no
infringement
by
our
products.
The
Court's
Summary
Judgment
ruling
resolves
at
the
District
Court
level
the
legal
issue
between
the
parties
and
allows
us
to
focus
on
our
new
products," commented
Michael
S.
Battaglia,
President
and
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
SmartDisk. |
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About
SmartDisk Corporation
SmartDisk is a leading provider of portable, network and multimedia storage products
and technologies that enable people to enjoy, share and preserve digital content
and information. Headquartered in the U.S., with operations in Europe and Asia,
SmartDisk sells and supports its products worldwide. For more information, go
to http://www.smartdisk.com.
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For further information
contact:|
Crystal Revak
SmartDisk
Corporation
239/425-4072
Crystal.Revak@smartdisk.com
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