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e.Digital Sues JVC with Flash Memory Technology Patents

February 14, 2013

e.Digital filed suit against JVC alleging that several of JVC’s camera and camcorder products infringe three patents related to the use of flash memory technologies (5,839,108; 5,842,170; 5,742,737).  Since 2007, e.Digital has filed a total of 20 suits — 16 of which were filed within the last five months — against a variety of defendants, including AT&T, Best Buy, Brookstone, Crutchfield, Fujifilm, KmartPantechPhilipsSanDisk, SearsTargetUS CellularVerizon and Wal-Mart. A suit in 2008 against Avid TechnologyCasioLG ElectronicsNikonOlympusSamsung, and Sanyo was settled against all defendants, resulting in one-time licensing fees totaling $10.1 million. The patents-in-suit originated with Comp General before being assigned to e.Digital in March 1995.  2/13, Southern District of California, 3:2013cv00356.


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