Seagate and Compaq Finally Didn’t Infringe Convolve HDD Patent
14 years of litigation
By Jean Jacques Maleval | July 22, 2014 at 2:50 pmTo read this article from Law.com, click on:
Long-Running Disk Drive Patent Fight Winds Down
It took 14 years of litigation, 200 days of deposition testimony and a wealth of attorneys fees, but Convolve Inc.’s billion-dollar infringement case against Seagate Technology and Compaq Computer Corporation (now Hewlett-Packard company) may have finally bitten the dust.
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It follows the company’s long-running dispute with Seagate and Compaq.
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The company had allegedly appropriated Convolve technology and later destroyed evidence in the case.