Spansion Files Patent Suit Against Samsung
Spansion wants to block U.S. sales of iPods, BlackBerry gadgets and other devices because memory chips made by Samsung Electronics and used in those products allegedly violate Spansion patents. For those that didn’t know, Spansion is the Flash memory venture of AMD and Fujitsu, and the largest company in the world dedicated exclusively to developing, designing and manufacturing Flash memory solutions.
“Spansion has patents that are fundamental to flash memory. Samsung itself has cited these patents many times in its own patent filings, underscoring industry acceptance of the fundamental nature of Spansion’s (intellectual property),” Robert Melendres, Spansion’s general counsel, said in a statement. Samsung declined to comment. Spansion filed complaints with the International Trade Commission and U.S. District Court in Delaware. The company is asking for damages and for the court to ban sales in the U.S. of products with the affected Samsung chips.
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