Digitimes
reports that Philips has won a civil lawsuit in the US districe court in the
Southern District of New York against the two Taiwanese CD-R/W manufacturer
Gigastorage and Princo. Both companies were found guilty of the infringement of
six of Philips' patents.
the first victory for Philips after the Dutch giant lost an administrative lawsuit presided over by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in March 2004. The US federal court, in accordance with its judgment, put a ban on imports of CD-R/RW discs to the US by the two Taiwanese companies, Philips indicated. Philips will ask the two accused to set aside royalty payments. |
The case is not over as the final decision in this case will be done
by the Court of Appeals. This should happen in June or July 2005. Gigastorage
said that if it would lose it would not affect their company a lot as only
a small amount of sales is done in the US. Read the entire story at Digitimes.com.
Source: Digitimes.com
