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Notice Regarding USB Flash Drives, MMS Memory Cards, and Compact Flash ®
Notice Regarding USB Flash Drives, MMC Memory Cards, and CompactFlash
2008-03-07
Notice to Customers
In October 2007, SanDisk Corporation filed three separate patent infringement proceedings including: two lawsuits in the Western District of Wisconsin and a proceeding in the International Trade Commission. The Western District of Wisconsin cases have been stayed pending a decision in the International Trade Commission proceeding.
Buffalo Technology USA, Inc. and its affiliate companies ("Buffalo") were named as defendants in all three proceedings. The complaints alleged that Buffalo infringed of US Patent Nos. 6,149,316; 6,757,842; 6,763,424; 6,426,893 and 6,947,332 through the sale of USB Flash Drives, MMC memory cards or CompactFlash®, including products containing such components. The technology in suit involves the use of controllers in flash memory devices.
Also named as defendants in the Wisconsin actions and/or the International Trade Commission proceedings were the following companies: 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., Chipsband Microelectronics (HK) Co., Ltd., Chipsbank Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Zotek Electronic Co., Ltd., Zodata Technology Ltd., Infotech Logistic LLC, Power Quotient International Co., Ltd., Power Quotient International (HK) Co., Ltd., Syscom Development Co., Ltd., PQI Corp., PNY Technologies, Inc., Kingston Technology Co., Inc., Kingston Technology Corp., Payton Technology Corp., MemoSun, Inc., Verbatim Corp., Transcend Information Inc. (Taiwan), Transcend Information Inc. (California, U.S.A.), Transcend Information Maryland, Inc., Imation Corp., Imation Enterprises Corp., Memorex Products, Inc., Add-On Computer Peripherals, Inc., Add-On Computer Peripherals, LLC, Add-On Technology Co., 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., Emprex Technologies Corp., Corsair Memory, Inc., Dane-Elec Memory S.A., Deantusaiocht Dane-Elec TEO (dba Intervalle Corp and dba Dane-Elec. Manufacturing), Dane-Elec Corp. USA (dba Intervalle Corporation and dba Dane-Elec Manufacturing USA), EDGE Tech Corp., Interactive Media Corp, Kaser Corporation, LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., TSR Silicon Resources Inc., and Welldone Co.
Buffalo's component suppliers are defendants in all three proceedings. Buffalo is confident that its suppliers will succeed in proving the patent invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed. For this reason, Buffalo has chosen to end the International Trade Commission proceeding by agreeing to not import or sell USB Flash Drives, MMC memory cards or CompactFlash®, as well as any products containing such components until its suppliers are found not to infringe and/or SanDisk's patents are found invalid and/or unenforceable.
About Buffalo Technology
Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc., based in Austin, Texas, is a leading global provider of award-winning networking, storage, multimedia and memory solutions for the home and small business environments as well as for system builders and integrators. With almost three decades of networking and computer peripheral experience, Buffalo has proven its commitment to delivering innovative, best-of-breed solutions that have put the company at the forefront of infrastructure technology. For more information about Buffalo Technology and its products, please visit www.buffalotech.com.
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