Apple, Longitude Settle Flash-Memory IP Row
Law360, New York (March 18, 2016, 10:18 PM ET) -- Apple Inc. and Longitude Licensing Ltd. have reached a settlement agreement in Longitude’s suit accusing the tech giant of infringing its flash-memory patents, according to a document filed in California federal court Thursday.
Longitude has agreed to dismiss with prejudice its claims that Apple’s iPads, iPhones and iPods are infringing 13 patents related to flash-memory technology that Longitude Flash Memory Systems SARL acquired as part of a portfolio from SanDisk Corp, according to a stipulation filed by both parties in California’s Northern District.
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November 5, 2012
e.Digital Corporation v. SanDisk Corporation
REPORT on the filing or determination of an action regarding patent and/or trademark number(s) *5,742,737*, *5,491,774* cc:USPTO
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
e.Digital Corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.
SanDisk Corporation,
Defendant.
Case Nos.: 3:12-cv-2698 DMS (WVG)
ORDER GRANTING JOINT
MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY
DISMISSAL OF ALL CLAIMS AND
COUNTERCLAIMS
Assigned to the Honorable
Judge Dana M. Sabraw
Courtroom 13A (Annex)
Having reviewed the Parties’ Joint Motion and good cause appearing therefor, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
1) Plaintiff and Counter-defendant e.Digital Corporation’s claims made in itsSecond Amended Complaint (Docket #70) against Defendant and Counterclaimant SanDisk Corporation are dismissed WITH PREJUDICE;
2) Defendant and Counterclaimant SanDisk Corporation’s counterclaims made in its Answer to the Second Amended Complaint (Dkt #71) against Plaintiff and Counter-defendant e.Digital Corporation are dismissed WITH PREJUDICE; and,
3) Each party shall bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees.
Dated: May 27, 2015
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Case 3:12-cv-02698-DMS-WVG Document 77 Filed 06/09/15
