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To: Doug Fowler who wrote (5754)	11/17/1997 6:06:00 AM
From: Pauline Starkweather	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13925

To All Could this be trouble? SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Multimedia firm Aztech Systems Ltd said on Monday it filed a complaint for patent infringement against its competitor Creative Technology Ltd and its subsidiary Creative Labs Inc. The patent, which was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, covers a method and apparatus for digitally mixing audio signals with different sampling rates to produce a combined output signal, Aztech said in a statement. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California on November 14, it said. "By this complaint, the company is claiming infringement of the patent through Creative's manufacture, sale, offer for sale and use of its Sound Blaster AWE64 family of sound card products and seeking damages from continuing acts of infringement and an accounting of damages for the infringement of the said patent," Aztech said. The Sound Blaster AWE64 range of sound cards is Creative's key product and revenue generator. Creative officials were not immediately available for comment. -- Singapore newsroom (65) 870-3080; Fax (65) 776-8112 -- Email: singapore.newsroomreuters.com Pauline