It took 14 years of litigation, 200 days of deposition testimony and a wealth of attorneys fees, but Convolve Inc.’s billion-dollar infringement case against Seagate Technology and Compaq Computer Corporation (now Hewlett-Packard Company) may have finally bitten the dust.
In a summary judgment ruling issued on Friday, U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan held that Seagate and Compaq didn’t infringe a Convolve patent relating to computer disk dive technology. In a prior ruling that was affirmed on appeal, Daniels dismissed additional claims of patent infringement, trade secrets misappropriation and breach of contract.
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