Patent & Trademark

Contrary to the claims of Advanced Biological Laboratories, the Stanford Hospital and Clinics do not need a license to continue using ABL's "HIV Drug Resistance Database," because the patent is invalidated by prior art, Stanford University claims in San Francisco Federal Court.

SanDisk Corp. claims Phison Electronics, Silicon Motion Technology and 32 others are violating its patents on flash memory storage products, in Madison, Wisc., Federal Court. Here are the defendants: Phison Electronics Corp., Silicon Motion Technology Corp., Silicon Motion Inc. (Taiwan), Silicon Motion Inc. (California), Silicon Motion International Inc., Synergistic Sales Inc., USBest Technology Inc., Skymedi Corp., Zotek Electronic Co. Ltd., Zodata Technology Ltd., Infotech Logistic LLC, Power Quotient International Co. Ltd., PQI Corp., PNY Technologies Inc., Kingston Technology Co. Inc., Kingston Technology Corp., Payton Technology Corp., MemoSun Inc., Buffalo Inc., Melco Holdings Inc., Buffalo Technology (USA) Inc., Verbatim Corp., Transcend Information Inc. (Taiwan), Transcend Information Inc. (California, U.S.A.), Transcend Information Maryland Inc., A-Data Technology Co. Ltd., A-Data Technology (USA) Co. Ltd., Apacer Technology Inc., Apacer Memory America Inc., Acer Inc., Behavior Tech Computer Corp., Behavior Tech Computer USA Corp., Dane-Elec Memory S.A., and Dane-Elec Corp. USA.

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