Conner files action against IBM to bar U.S. manufacture and sale of disk drives, Think Pads and PCs.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1995--Conner Peripherals Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CNR See riser card. CNR - Communication and Network Riser ) Tuesday announced that it has filed a complaint against IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp. with the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of seeking to bar the manufacture and sale within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. of disk drives and products containing such disk drives that incorporate Conner's proprietary power management technology. Included in this product category are such IBM-manufactured equipment as Think Pads, portable and notebook computers and certain desktop and workstation PCs, as well as 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch disk drives. Conner stated in its complaint that it has been awarded patents for power management technology covering a wide variety of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch disk drives. The power management technology covered by Conner patents significantly extends battery life in portable computing equipment and reduces power consumption and heat in desktop and workstation equipment without significantly reducing access and response time in computer operations. Conner asserted in its complaint that IBM's 2.5-inch disk drives and certain 3.5-inch disk drives infringe Conner's patents, as do products utilizing these disk drives. Conner seeks to bar the manufacture and distribution of such products within the United States and to recover damages for shipments of products that infringe its power management patent just issued. Founded in 1986, Conner is a pioneer in the development of technology governing the design and manufacture of PC disk drives and tape drives. Conner is also a leading manufacturer of hard disk drives, tape drives, storage systems and software for data management and storage. CONTACT: Conner Peripherals Inc. Jack Bell, 408/456-3770 |
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