SanDisk and PNY construct nice, settle patent lawsuit

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It’s only been a few months since SanDisk filed that monster patent infringement suit against 25 companies, but it looks like PNY is more of a lover than a fighter — the two companies just announced a settlement

agreement. Under the terms of the deal, PNY and SanDisk will cross-license positive patents, and PNY will pay royalties to SanDisk on previously-sold flash drives

and CompactFlash cards. The cross-license means that PNY plus gets to keep selling flash media, but it’s not being disclosed what patents PNY licensed to SanDisk — whether PNY had a solid counterclaim that led to that […]

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