Epistar settles LED patent lawsuit with Philips

Stockwatch - Sep 25, 16:12

LED chipmaker Epistar has announced that its patent lawsuit with Philips has been settled. Philips will begin to license AlInGaP LED technology to Epistar, according to a company...

Nanya claims patent lawsuit victory over LSI

Stockwatch - Sep 23, 15:28

Nanya Technology has said that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on September 21 made an initial determination in favor of the company in a patent infringement case filed...

Huga wins LED patent lawsuit against Epistar

Sep 22, 12:25

Taiwan's intellectual property court has ruled in favor of LED chipmaker Huga Optotech in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by its competitor Epistar, according to Huga's filing...

AMEC wins patent suit against Lam

Sep 10, 14:45

Shanghai-based chip equipment maker Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) on September 9 announced it has prevailed in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against its subsidiary...

Etron chairman found innocent of insider trading

Stockwatch - Sep 3, 16:05

Chairman Nicky Lu of memory IC designer Etron Technology and his spouse were found innocent of charges of insider trading by the Taipei District Court on September 2. Etron said it...

Taiwan court clears BenQ executives of insider trading charges

Aug 27, 16:11

A district court in Taiwan has acquitted BenQ chairman KY Lee and other incumbent and former executives of insider trading charges, which arose from the handling of stock options...

Taiwan high court rules against Everlight in patent lawsuit with Nichia

Aug 10, 17:09

The Taiwan High Court has ruled in favor of Japan-based Nichia in a patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronic.

Qisda July revenues up about 8% sequentially

Aug 7, 12:28

Qisda has announced consolidated revenues of NT$7.47 billion (US$227.6 million) for July, up 8.3% from NT$6.89 billion for June, but down 18.09% from NT$9.12 billion for July 2008.

Taiwan market: Dell to be fined NT$1 million for bad consumer compensation plan, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 30, 14:30

Representatives of the Law and Regulation Commission of the Taipei City Government have said Dell's compensation plans for its recent pricing mistakes failed to meet the organization's...

Taiwan market: Dell bank account temporarily frozen as consumers file lawsuit

Jul 27, 16:04

Taiwan consumers recently filed a lawsuit against Dell Taiwan for fraud following a series of pricing mistakes on its online store. Part of the filing asked for Dell's bank account...

Global Unichip faces labor dispute

Jul 17, 16:02

A small group of former employees of Taiwan-based IC design service provider Global Unichip has filed a complaint with the Hsinchu District Court in northern Taiwan accusing the company...

Novatek prevails in LCD patent suit brought by Honeywell

Jul 15, 11:14

LCD driver IC designer Novatek has announced that on June 8, 2009, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted summary judgment of non-infringement and entered...

Vizio wins US customs ruling on Funai patent claims

Jul 9, 11:28

The United States Customs and Border Protection agency (Customs) on July 8, 2009 issued a ruling in agreement with Vizio that all current models of Vizio televisions do not infringe...

Quanta to appeal US$52 million fine for patent infringement

Jul 8, 15:27

A US federal court in Texas has ruled that Taiwan-based Quanta Computer infringed optical disc drive patents owned by Japan-based LaserDynamics and awarded compensation of US$52 mi...

MediaTek responds to media reports on tax lawsuit

Stockwatch - Jul 7, 01:00

MediaTek has responded to a media report saying the company lost a tax lawsuit by clarifying that the Taipei High Administrative Court only judged whether a new or old regulation...

Wistron and ex-E-Ten executives charged with insider trading

Jul 6, 17:07

The ex-vice chairman of E-Ten Information Systems and Wistron's chief officer of legal affairs have been charged with insider trading due to irregularities surrounding Acer's acquisition...

Taiwan market: Consumers considering lawsuit against Dell pricing mistake, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 29, 16:39

Consumers in Taiwan are considering a group lawsuit against Dell Taiwan as the company has not yet handed out compensation for a pricing mistake on its website on June 25, according...

Vizio files patent lawsuit against LG

Jun 8, 15:16

US-based TV vendor Vizio, an affiliate of Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Amtran Technology, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against...

Graphics card makers affected by Nvidia/Rambus patent dispute

Jun 5, 11:56

Taiwan graphics card makers Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have all been affected by Nvidia's patent dispute with Rambus, according to sources...

Psion and Intel reach amicable agreement over netbook trademark

Jun 3, 12:23

Psion has settled the trademark cancellation and infringement litigation brought in the Northern District of California with Intel regarding its trademark of the term "Netbook...

AMEC obtains ruling in dispute with Applied

Jun 2, 16:46

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) has obtained a ruling on a summary judgment motion it filed in its trade secret dispute with Applied Materials, according to the China-based...

Prosecutors drop Yageo defamation suit against Ta-I

Stockwatch - Jun 1, 15:57

Passive component maker Ta-I Technology has been notified by the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office that no further action will be taken regarding its ongoing investigation initiated...

Vizio files patent infringement lawsuit against Funai

May 22, 09:08

One more lawsuit has been filed in the US in the ongoing legal battle between Taiwan LCD TV players and Japan-based Funai Electric. The lawsuit, filed recently by LCD TV vendor Vizio,...

Merry and Career settle FPCB shipment dispute

Stockwatch - May 21, 15:19

Headset maker Merry Electronics and PCB maker Career Technology have announced that the companies have settled a lawsuit regarding a dispute over a shipment of flexible PCBs (FPCBs)...

Coretronic wins patent lawsuit against Epson

May 19, 12:19

Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) and DLP projector maker Coretronic has confirmed that the US District Court in California ruled in a lawsuit filed by Japan-based Seiko Epson against...

Toshiba accuses CMC, Ritek of DVD patent infringement

May 18, 11:15

Toshiba has announced it filed a lawsuit on May 14 with the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin to charge US-based optical disc vendor Imation as well as several...

Intel and AMD comment on EC ruling

May 14, 13:57

The European Commission has found Intel guilty of abusing its dominant position in the global x86 processor market and has issued a ruling requiring Intel to change its business practices...

US court ruling rejects Avago suit against Elan

Stockwatch - May 6, 16:17

The United States District Court of Northern California has announced its final ruling on Elan Microelectronics' patent infringement case with Avago Technologies. The court ruled...

Philips wins lawsuit to claim over 7 billion-yen royalty payment from Taiwan CD-R maker Princo

Apr 24, 12:36

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Court (IPC) on April 23 determined that Princo, a Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, shall pay a total of 7.606 billion yen (US$77.6 million)...

More Taiwan LCD TV makers caught up in Funai patent dispute in the US

Apr 15, 15:39

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has upheld a patent infringement charge filed by Japan-based Funai and has issued a limited exclusion order to ban imports of digital LCD...

Career Technology and Merry Electronics both turn to courts in PCB spat

Apr 14, 10:37

Taiwan-based PCB maker Career Technology has disclosed that a former client – a China subsidiary of Taiwan-based handset component maker Merry Electronics – has recently...

Taiwan flash controller IC players benefit from SanDisk ruling

Apr 14, 09:41

SanDisk has announced that the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued an Initial Determination which found that certain accused flash memory products did not infringe...

Elan files patent infringement lawsuit against Apple

Stockwatch - Apr 8, 16:30

Taiwan-based IC design house Elan Microelectronics has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,...

Samsung to pay Spansion US$70 million in patent lawsuit settlement

Apr 8, 10:31

Spansion, a provider of flash memory solutions, has announced that it has settled its patent litigation lawsuits with Samsung Electronics. As part of the settlement, Samsung will...

UMC and LSI settle patent dispute, reach licensing agreement

Stockwatch - Apr 8, 10:12

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced it has ended a patent dispute with chip and storage device designer LSI, and entered into a licensing deal that will be valid...