Hitachi’s disk drive business has sued a young Chinese disk drive maker, charging the Chinese rival with patent infringement.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) - the joint venture of Hitachi and IBM - announced the lawsuit on Tuesday, saying it had been filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. GS Magicstor Inc. - the Chinese disk drive maker - its parent company GS Magic and research affiliate Riospring were all named in the lawsuit.

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