Western Digital Hit With $315.7M Patent Infringement Verdict

Spex Technologies, Inc V. Western Digital Corporation Et Al

Case Background

On September 28, 2016, SPEX Technologies, Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Western Digital Corporation, Western Digital Technologies, Inc., and HGST, Inc. (collectively, "Defendants"). The case was filed in the United States District Court, California Central (Southern Division - Santa Ana). The lawsuit was assigned to Judge James V. Selna and referred to Magistrate Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg. [Case number: 8:16cv1799]

Cause

SPEX owns the patents-in-suit, originally assigned to Spyrus, Inc. SPEX acquired full rights to these patents from Spyrus. Founded in 1992, Spyrus aimed to make cryptography more affordable and practical for distributing and accessing electronic content. Unlike many startups, Spyrus avoided venture capital funding, relying instead on small investments from friends and family. Its first major success was securing a Department of Defense contract to design a hardware security module (HSM) for encrypting sensitive communications. In 1993, Spyrus launched the LYNKS HSM, followed by t

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Western Digital Hit With $315.7M Verdict For Data Security Patent Infringement