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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (5812)	5/26/1999 5:33:00 PM
From: NHP	Read Replies (2) of 60323

Art I'd be the last person to predict the outcome of litigation, but it seems to me that based on the information in the article you just posted, Lexar is whistling dixie. We have known for quite some time that Lexar had a speed advantage over SNDK, but that is not really the issue. SNDK holds basic patents on the controller and "on the fly" locking out of bad memory cells. If Lexar is using either of these techniques, it seems to me that they are obliged to pay royalties to SNDK. Suppose, for example, Kodak had come out with an instant camera that used faster film than Polaroid. Would that have gotten around the Polaroid patents? But on the other hand, David Sarnoff and RCA got around Major Armstrong's Frequency Modulation patents (temporarily) simply by convincing the FCC that using a different frequency than what Armstrong was using, was not an infringement of Armstrong's patent. c'est la vie NHP

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