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Monday 20 October 2014
SAS obtains Taiwan patent for polycrystalline silicon wafer process
Crystalline silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has obtained from Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office a patent for a process to grow polycrystalline silicon...
Monday 13 October 2014
Tera Xtal wages patent infringement war
Sapphire ingot maker Tera Xtal Technology has filed with Taiwan's Intellectual Property Court a charge against Apple Asia, Apple's subsidiary based in Hong Kong, and Taiwan-based...
Thursday 2 October 2014
Japan Patent Office to cut examination process to five months
To help enterprises acquire patents quicker, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) has established a new examination system which will reduce the processing time from two years to five mon...
Monday 22 September 2014
Cree accuses Harvatek, Kingbright of patent infringement in US
US-based Cree has filed patent infringement lawsuits with the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Harvatek and Kingbright...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Asustek plans to accuse motherboard competitors of patent infringement
Asustek Computer has launched X99 chipset motherboards featuring its in-house-developed OC Socket, a patented technology which hikes motherboard performance by 35%, but has found...
Monday 15 September 2014
The Fortrend OGS received U.S. Patent Certificate
By hardworking and innovative efforts that the Fortrend R&D team has some good harvest in both the OGS TP performance, but also the intelligence property as patents certificated...
Thursday 26 June 2014
Foxconn files lawsuit in US against Japan IT vendors for LCD patent violations
MiiCs & Partner, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group has filed a lawsuit in the US against Toshiba, Funai and Mitsubishi for violating its patents over TFT LCD products.
Friday 23 May 2014
Giga Solar sees bigger share in PV silver paste market
Taiwan-based PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials has seen increasing market share in the silver paste segment, heaping pressure on international competitors, such as DuPont,...
Monday 19 May 2014
JPO renders Nichia's white LED patent invalid
Everlight Electronics has announced that amid an invalidation trial on September 5th, 2011 against the Japanese Patent No. 4,530,094 (JP'094) owned by Nichia, Everlight has received...
Friday 2 May 2014
China handset vendors may face increasing patent complaints, say sources
China-based handset vendors have begun strengthening their patent portfolio or establishing defensive alliances to fend off increasing threats of patent complaints from international...
Monday 28 April 2014
Foxconn sells communications patent package to Google
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on April 28 announced the sale of a patent package to Google through US-based MiiCs & Partners. The patents concern the design,...
Thursday 27 March 2014
Microsoft and Dell sign patent licensing agreement
Microsoft and Dell have announced a patent licensing agreement allowing the companies to share technology and build on each other's innovations. It is the continuation of a nearly...
Monday 10 March 2014
Asia Optical pays over US$33 million to settle patent disputes with Kodak
Digital camera ODM Asia Optical has paid US$33.852 million in compensation to Eastman Kodak for infringing on Kodak patents with the production of digital cameras for Japan-based...
Thursday 27 February 2014
PTI to pay Tessera US$196 million in patent lawsuit settlement
Packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) has issued a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) disclosing it has settled a patent infringement dispute with...
Wednesday 26 February 2014
ASE to pay US$30 million to Tessera to settle patent case
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has issued a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) announcing that the company will pay Tessera a total of US$30 million to...