May 02, 2016
SanDisk defeated allegations that it fraudulently obtained patents in order to monopolize the market for a type of flash memory when a California federal judge on Friday threw out an antitrust class action led by the bankruptcy estate of a camera retailer.
November 09, 2015
A putative class of retailers urged a California federal court Friday not to toss a suit accusing SanDisk Inc. of using deceptively acquired patents to monopolize the flash memory industry, saying there is plenty of evidence showing the company perpetrated fraud on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
February 04, 2015
SanDisk Corp. urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to throw out a suit brought by a class of retailers accusing it of using its patents to monopolize the flash memory industry, saying that fraud allegations with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office could not be proven.
November 24, 2014
A proposed class of retailers accusing SanDisk Corp. of using its patents to monopolize the flash memory industry on Friday urged a California federal judge to support class certification, saying SanDisk's arguments against it are based on the company's own fabricated "straw man."
November 04, 2014
A California federal judge refused Monday to pause discovery in an a case accusing SanDisk Corp. of using its patents to monopolize the flash memory industry, saying there was no reason to wait until a class certification ruling to wrap up depositions.
October 22, 2014
SanDisk Corp. urged a federal judge to deny retailers and customers class certification in a suit accusing the company of using its patents to monopolize the flash memory industry, saying that the memory purchasers failed to prove that common issues predominate.
September 19, 2014
A California federal judge denied SanDisk Corp.'s bid to toss a putative class action lodged by retailers and customers accusing the company of using its patents to monopolize the flash memory industry, ruling the plaintiffs have standing.
May 08, 2014
A California federal judge ordered SK Hynix America Inc. to hand over sales information for flash memory chips and products, to a proposed retailer-customer class claiming SanDisk Corp. used its patents to monopolize the flash memory market, saying Thursday she didn't buy Hynix's argument that the plaintiffs lacked standing.