EMC Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against Hewlett Packard Company.HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002 EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. today filed a patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. complaint in the U.S. District Court in Worcester, Mass., against Hewlett Packard Company ("HP"). According to the complaint, certain HP data storage products infringe six patents owned by EMC Corporation. Those patents include four that are the foundation of EMC's market-leading SRDF SRDF Symmetrix Remote Data Facility SRDF Symmetric Remote Data Facility (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility) and TimeFinder software products. Two other EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. patents, relating to data migration and the storage of mainframe data, are also included in the suits. Specifically, EMC believes HP has infringed U.S. Patent Nos.:
6,101,497 5,742,792
6,092,066 5,909,692
5,544,347 6,108,748
EMC Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EMC) is the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing automated networked storage solutions for organizations across the globe. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com. |
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