History 2005: Hitachi GST Sued GS MagicStor

HDD giants continue to harass the small fries: This time, its Hitachi GST that has sued GS MagicStor, based in China, along with its parent company GS Magic and Riospring, which operates as its U.S. R&D center, for infringement of several patents.

HGST  seeks monetary damages and a permanent injunction vs. the start-ups for importing the offending HDDs in USA.

In the past few months, Seagate and WD have both sued Cornice, another start-up in one-inch HDDs, for similar reasons.

Why is HGST singling out the Chinese firm and none other? Why for that matter, are Seagate and WD only taking on Cornice. Why are  Fujitsu, Maxtor, Samsung or Toshiba, among others, doing nothing? It all seems like a crap shoot…

This article is an abstract of news published on issue 205 on January 2005 from the former paper version of Computer Data  Storage Newsletter.