Reports on developments concerning computer storage device industry in the United States. Roots of the dispute between SyQuest, Nomai and Iomega which started in the early 90s; Iomega's launch of a pre-emptive strike against both Nomai and SyQuest in 1996 regarding Zip, the system it had gambled to develop; Copyright infringement lawsuits filed by Iomega in 1997 against Nomai.