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To: Ausdauer who wrote (7625)	10/14/1999 9:30:00 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 60323

Thanks for the info on the Kodak picture card. The Lexar suit from the very beginning was unusual because of the precedent set in the Samsung case. You may recall that Samsung got a legally binding order preventing it from selling flash memories in the U.S. without first obtaining a licensing agreement from SanDisk. If I recall correctly, the Samsung case was not about patent infringement, but the issues were the same. That case did send a message to all would be flash memory makers to recognize the SanDisk patents. In view of that case, it is unusual, and reckless, that anyone would try to sue SanDisk. But then, it is a fact of life in our litigious society that people will often pursue a lawsuit without any real basis in order to gain through harassment and intimidation what they couldn't achieve through normal, accepted business practice. Art