November 11, 2010- Rembrandt Data Storage, an affiliate of NPE Rembrandt IP, filed complaints against Seagate Technology and Western Digital for alleged infringement of two patents related to thin film head technology for disk drives. An article in eWeek notes, “Rembrandt has not specified how much they are looking for in damages, except that it should be a ‘reasonable royalty’. The hard drive industry is about $12 billion a year, and these are two of the largest vendors in the market.” The two patents-in-suit were assigned to Rembrandt Data Storage in July 2010.