Panasonic's DVD suit against CMC

[cornholio7]

Source: PC World

A lawsuit by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) against Taiwan's CMC Magnetics Corp. covers three patents related to recordable DVD technology, according to the court complaint.

 

Panasonic filed the lawsuit against CMC last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California but details or a copy of the complaint were not immediately available.

 

The three patents named in the complaint are: U.S. patent 4,847,132, which covers a protective layer for a reversible data storage disc; patent 5,790,487, which relates to optical data recording media; and patent RE 37,185, which covers an optical recording head for use in an optical disc data storage system.

 

Panasonic asserts that CMC and two U.S. affiliates, Hotan and KHypermedia, infringed on all three patents. The company is asking the court for damages relating to the infringement and an injunction against further infringement.

 

CMC, which is one of the world's largest manufacturers of recordable CD and DVD media, couldn't comment on the lawsuit. "We haven't received any information from them regarding this matter, therefore we have no comment at this time," said Sharlene Lin, a CMC Magnetics representative.

 

 

 

 

i wonder if it will hit them hard enough to stop selling their crap

[Kenadjian]

We can only hope mate.

 

We can only hope.

[polopony]

it'll be the same crap but more expensive .I was at office Depot and saw a spindle of 100 memorex for $73 down the shelf Verbatin -R printables were $27/100 is that nuts or what

[lfcrule1972]

The court case should be about selling shite discs....

[Kenadjian]

Aint that the truth?

[dontasciime]

Be interesting in court when cmc's lawyers try to summise from their notes to find the ink has vanished.

[dbminter]

 

 

A year later, the court tries to recover transcripts of the case, but, the backup DVD is unreadable. It is discovered the disc used was a CMC!