A California jury has awarded MR Technologie of Germany $262 million in patent infringement damages in a jury trial against Western Digital. MR Technologie (MRT) sued Western Digital in August 2022 saying it used IP patented by Dieter Suess, U.S. Patent Nos. 9,928,864 and 11,138,997, titled “Multilayer exchange spring recording media.” Patent 9,928,864  was filed […]
  • hemmes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    WD, in turn, claimed the firm had not infringed Suess’ patents

    So did they or didn’t they infringe? The article doesn’t say. I imagine MRT disassembled some drives to examine for infringement.

    It is also possible that these hundreds of employees across the globe working R&D for Western Digital may have developed the same, or nearly the same, technology. But then MRT filed first if they were awarded the patient.

    Given the track record of memory and other computer parts manufactures, I would say it’s more likely that they’re simply lying through their teeth.