Dell Technologies sued by Sonrai Memory limited for patent infringement

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By Safal Sethi

Sonrai Memory Limited filed a lawsuit against Dell Technologies Inc. in the Western District of Texas in April, accusing Dell Technologies Inc. of infringing its patents-in-suit for laptops, desktop computers, and servers. The patents in question relate to 'improvements in charge pump circuits', 'portable memory devices with both volatile and non-volatile memory," and "regenerative clock repeating." Sonrai Memory Limited claimed that Dell is liable for infringing on SanDisk/Toshiba 64L 3D NAND flash chips in laptops, desktop PCs, and servers, Dell's product infringed on the '241 

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patent,' which describes a charge pump circuit for creating a charge pump voltage with low voltage ripples and infringed items included a pumping circuit with one or more operational stages. In this case, three steps to receive a supply voltage and create a chosen one of a plurality of pump voltages infringe on the patents-in-suit. According to Sonrai, Dell is liable for patent infringement in three ways, i.e., direct, induced and contributory. The Sonrai Memory Limited is seeking a declarative judgment in its favor and an injunction, damages, costs, and fees, as well as pre-and post-judgment interest.

By Safal Sethi