We told you it was only a matter of time before Seagate made good on its threat to take SSD makers to court over alleged patent infringements. The hard drive maker sued SSD maker STEC on Monday claiming STEC was violating four patents that Seagate holds pertaining to storage technology. STEC has claimed they will defend themselves vigorously of course. This it very bad news as Seagate will cast a pall over the rise of SSDs which we feel are the next wave in storage technology. Consumers lose big time if companies like Seagate are successful in shutting down, or driving up the cost of SSDs that are beginning to ramp up for mobile devices. Somebody slap Seagate please.
(via CNET)
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