Apple Balks At Spansion Bid To Void Contract

Law360, New York (August 26, 2009) -- Apple Inc. has struck back at a move by Spansion Inc. to reject an executory contract the companies established prior to the flash memory manufacturer's bankruptcy, arguing that Spansion is attempting to use Apple as a pawn in its ongoing patent dispute with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Apple filed an objection Tuesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to Spansion's bid to reject the companies' February letter agreement, which had stipulated that Apple...