SanDisk Gets Patent Injunction Overturned A Bit Late
from the but,-maybe-it-all-works-out dept
Earlier in the week, we noted the ridiculousness which allowed a patent licensing firm to get a German court to ban SanDisk from showing its new MP3 players at a major tradeshow, due to a patent dispute. The problem is that the dispute hasn't yet gone to court -- so it seems extremely premature to ban the devices completely (and somewhat pointless to say they can just show photographs). SanDisk's lawyers went to work and got the injunction overturned, but only in time for the last day of the show. Sisvel, the licensing organization is now appealing the injunction, though it doesn't much matter at this point. Of course, on the PR side, perhaps SanDisk should thank Sisvel. It seems like they received an awful lot more press about these new MP3 players than they would have otherwise.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Sucks
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You Can Sue...
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I wonder...
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Why is there no mention of Apple (the new Microsoft) being behind this frivolous suit?
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Sisvel, you rock!
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Wheres the counter lawsuit?
I want them to sue the court for issuing the injunction, and I want them to sue Sisvel for their practices as well.
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Re: Wheres the counter lawsuit?
SUE SUE SUE,
I am having troubles with my ISP wanabe my lawer?
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Love it
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Surely you don't mean....
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Sue the bastards!
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SanDisk/Sivel
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