SanDisk Sues LG, Acer For Patent Violation
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SanDisk is suing 25 companies, including South Korean consumer electronics giant LG, for allegedly infringing patents used in removable flash storage products including MP3 players and USB flash drives, according to online publication, PC World.Sandisk, which makes chips in California, US, has also reportedly filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), asking to have defendants in the court cases barred from importing products into the US.

The company has already filed two lawsuits in the US District Court in Wisconsin, one alleging the infringement of five patents in the ITC complaint, and the other including two additional patents not involved in the ITC action.

According to PC World, the court and ITC complaints could affect the prices and availability of products made by companies targeted in the suit such as LG, Acer and Kingston, if SanDisk wins and the companies are barred from importing products into the US.

No reports of the case affecting the Australian market have been heard.