Court hears US patent suit

A hearing of a lawsuit brought by US flash memory card maker SanDisk against a decision made by the national patent review board earlier this year, was held yesterday at Beijing's No 1 Intermediate People's Court.

In January, the board ruled in favor of Shenzhen firm Netac in a dispute over patent rights in China to the flash memory technology.

Flash is a type of computer memory that is primarily used in cards and USB drives for the storage and transfer of data between computers and other digital products.