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Intellectual Property

Apr. 17, 2025

MR Technologies sues Toshiba over patented storage tech

MR Technologies, led by Austrian physicist Dieter Suess, sues Toshiba for infringing patents that revolutionized hard disk drive storage. After a $360M win against Western Digital, the company targets Toshiba's devices.

MR Technologies sues Toshiba over patented storage tech
Marc Fenster

MR Technologies is seeking another major court win in protection of its patented technology that vastly increased hard disk drive storage capacity. On Tuesday, the Austria-based company sued Toshiba for an alleged unauthorized use of the technology in devices it makes, sells and imports.

Last year in Santa Ana, Russ August & Kabat partner Marc A. Fenster and his team persuaded a jury to award MR Technologies $262 million in damages in an infringement case against Western Digit...

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