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Spokespeople and attorneys for Sandisk did not immediately respond on Wednesday to a request for comment. Viasat’s attorney Patrick Curran of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan said the decision “confirms what Viasat maintained from the beginning of this case – that its products reflect Viasat’s own innovations.”
Gilliam dismissed Sandisk’s lawsuit against Viasat on Tuesday after finding that Viasat’s systems worked differently from Sandisk’s patented technology. The judge also criticized Sandisk for continuing to include a company subsidiary in the case, Sandisk Technologies LLC, that lacked rights in the patents at issue.
“Despite initially offering to dismiss SDT LLC from this case, Sandisk appears to have reneged on its offer after Viasat declined to agree not to further challenge the standing of other Sandisk entities,” Gilliam said. “Sandisk’s proposed quid pro quo was unjustifiable.”
Gilliam ordered Sandisk to explain why it should not be forced to cover Viasat’s costs related to its challenges to SDT LLC’s standing.
The case is SanDisk3D IP Holdings Ltd v. Viasat Inc, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 4:22-cv-04376.
For SanDisk: Kieran Kieckhefer, Robert Vincent and Brian Buroker of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
For Viasat: Patrick Curran and Steve Cherny of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington
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