Western Digital is a name synonymous with hard drives, system storage, and all things spinny-platter, with the sort of brand recognition many of its competitors must envy. It looks like its going to have to reach into its pockets and find a considerable amount of spare change, however, as a Californian jury has decided that the company has violated patent rights, and owes damages to the tune of $262m.
MR Technologie (MRT) sued Western Digital in August 2022, claiming that it had infringed upon two patents filed by Dieter Seuss, a professor and head of the Physics of Functional Materials department at the University of Vienna—and owner of MRT (via Blocks & Files).
