ClassAction.org has posted an alert on its website informing camera and electronic store owners that they may be eligible to participate in a class action lawsuit against SanDisk. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that SanDisk violated federal antitrust laws by fraudulently obtaining patents for flash memory technology used in memory cards for digital cameras, USB drives, and a variety of other types of electronic equipment.
According to the lawsuit, SanDisk obtained fraudulent patents by making false representations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. SanDisk allegedly used these fraudulent patents to improperly exclude fair competition in the marketplace for flash memory devices.
The flash memory patent at issue in the lawsuit, which SanDisk allegedly referred to as the company’s “crown jewel” patent, allowed SanDisk to assert patent infringements on its competitors to prevent them from selling competing flash memory products, the suit claims.
As stated in the complaint, at least 75% of all NAND raw and finished flash products imported and sold in the United States is either manufactured and sold by SanDisk or manufactured through licenses of SanDisk patents. SanDisk allegedly charged its customers monopoly prices for flash memory products and threatened companies that purchased flash memory devices from its competitors.
If you own or operate a camera shop or electronics store and you purchased flash memory devices directly from SanDisk, please contact us to learn if you may be eligible to participate in this lawsuit. Please visit http://www.classaction.org/sandisk-memory-products.html to learn more about this case.
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