Diablo escapes from patent hell, condemns Netlist to legal purgatory

Diablo Technologies, a supplier of Memory Channel Storage (MCS) that makes it possible to present flash disks as memory, says it has seen off a patent lawsuit from rival Netlist.

Netlist has argued that Diablo pinched its technology, which meant it could get MCS to market faster. That rapid market entry, it's contended, meant Diablo could land plum jobs like its gig with SANDdisk that saw MCS-infused kit land in devices from Lenovo, Huawei and SuperMicro.

Diablo told The Register it says the jury in the ensuing patent-infringement trial today “... unanimously concluding that there was no breach of contract and that there was no misuse of trade secrets. Further, the jury confirmed Diablo’s sole ownership and inventorship of the '917 patent'.”

Diablo CEO Riccardo Badalone therefore proclaims himself “extremely pleased” and says he wants to get on with selling MCS to all comers, ASAP.

Transcripts haven't hit the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California's site websites at the time of writing, so details of the jury's thinking and the judge's remarks aren't available. We'll update this story as, and when, that information appears. ®

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