Hot Topic: eDigital's Day In Court

The bottom line is... we will keep this issue short because the story is still developing. This past week, California courts delivered a ruling on the Digecor vs. eDigital lawsuit which is far more complicated than it appears on the surface and deserves more space than we can devote to it here, therefore, we will provide links to dig deeper – you can Google the rest.

The eDigital V.S. Digecor court battle has an initial ruling and the summary results (with enthusiasm) was submitted to us by an eDigital spokesperson – see link below. While we have not had time to dig deep on this subject we wanted our readers to get the story first. Among the findings were issues that pertained to judicial jurisdiction and a NDA decision that purportedly prevented eDigital from selling in the IFE arena. The eDigital news release came in from Robert Putnam, Sr. VP who told us, "Attached, please find today's press release regarding recent court action in the e.Digital/digEcor business litigation that vindicates e.Digital's longstanding position that it is free to conduct its lawful business without non-compete restraint or obligation to digEcor."

Obviously, there were sales in the balance here and based on eDigital's past views and the court outcome; they will take a more aggressive posture on sales and promotion in the future. Further, we believe eDigital has a few new products that are itching to see the light of day. We asked Digecor for a statement and they said; "Digecor will be issuing a position statement in response to the recent court decision between Digecor and eDigital in the forthcoming week. We note that this case is not decided on some claims and it would be improper to comment until the rulings are completed." Look forward to their side of this developing story – coming soon.

There you have it, and as an old newspaper feature writer once told us, "There must be a story in they're somewhere... but if there isn't, there should be one!"