Seagate Dropped Patent Suit against Stec

Seagate announced to have stopped a patent suit launched against the SDD manufacturer Stec. Seagate was claiming that Stec was using some of its patents in its SSD products directly competing with Seagate HD models. According to a Seagate representative, the legal action is no longer worth the cost because the poor economic condition compromised Stec's sales of products containing the disputed technology.
From the beginning, many analysts and IT websites (including us) were considering this legal action as a way to slow down SSD development in order to allow Seagate to catch up. Stec might be the first target having its dispute with Seagate settled; other companies sued by Seagate for the same technology might also experience a similar happy end.
It is now time for Seagate to quickly offer competitive SSD models in order to capture some market share before being definitely out of the game. Seagate CEO was recently changed most likely for not having been able to embark on this technology.