SOURCE: e.Digital Corporation
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March 06, 2008 08:30 ET
e.Digital Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Avid Electronics, Casio America, LG Electronics USA, Nikon, Olympus America, Samsung Electronics America and Sanyo North America
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - March 6, 2008) - e.Digital Corporation (OTCBB: EDIG), a
leading innovator of patented flash memory-related technology and dedicated
portable inflight entertainment (IFE) systems announced today that it has
filed patent infringement lawsuits against Avid Electronics, Casio America,
LG Electronics USA, Nikon, Olympus America, Samsung Electronics America,
and Sanyo North America in the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Texas. Last September, e.Digital filed a similar suit against
Vivitar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Syntax-Brillian. In its complaint
e.Digital asserts that products made by the listed companies infringe four
of the Company's U.S. patents covering the use of flash memory technology.
These patents are part of e.Digital's Flash-R™ patent portfolio. The
accused products range from digital cameras and camcorders to voice
recorders and mobile phones.
"e.Digital's pioneering inventions in the use and utilization of flash
memory in portable electronics products and technologies are embodied in
our Flash-R patent portfolio," said William Blakeley, president of
e.Digital Corporation. "We consider our intellectual property essential to
many current consumer electronics products and of growing importance as the
use of flash memory proliferates in these devices."
"e.Digital has innovated and productized several new technologies since
1988 including the genesis of today's Jabra telephony products, the first
portable recorder to utilize flash memory, the first portable music device
to incorporate voice recognition and multi-Codec/DRM support, and the first
dedicated portable inflight entertainment system," added Blakeley. "We
consider our intellectual property valuable company assets and we are
committed to protecting and enforcing them."
About e.Digital Corporation: e.Digital is a leading innovator of dedicated
portable inflight entertainment systems. More than 30 airlines have made
dedicated portable systems powered by e.Digital technology their inflight
entertainment choice. e.Digital also owns and is pursuing the monetization
of its Flash-R™ portfolio of flash memory-related patents though Duane
Morris LLP, one of the largest 100 law firms in the world. e.Digital was
the first company to devise, employ and patent important aspects of the use
of removable flash memory in portable recording products. For more
information about e.Digital and eVU, please visit: www.edigital.com.
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