Last update: Friday 14 June 2013 [88 news items]
Largan sues Genius Electronic in US for patent infringement
Jun 14, 12:17
The largest Taiwan-based handset-use lens module maker Largan Precision on June 13 announced its filing of a lawsuit with the California Northern District Court against fellow maker...
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
May 24, 15:28
IC design house Phison Electronics has warned several Taiwan-based backend service providers that products being shipped to Silicon Motion Technology may infringe on its NAND flash...
STATS ChipPAC enters into license and settlement agreement with Tessera
Jan 29, 11:30
STATS ChipPAC announced on January 29 that it has signed a patent license and settlement agreement with Tessera. The agreement results in the dismissal of all claims and counterclaims...
Commentary: Will Apple soften its stance against Samsung after reaching peace deal with HTC?
Nov 14, 10:59
The announcement of a comprehensive settlement of patent lawsuits between Apple and HTC comes as a surprise to the smartphone industry, given Apple's previous hostile attitude against...
Solar cell makers have yet to see impact from Kyocera 3-busbar patent
Oct 16, 12:18
Japan-based solar firm Kyocera obtained a patent for 3-busbar solar cell structure in Japan on September 4, 2012. According to foreign media reports, the firm may use the patent to...
Samsung Windows 8 notebook remarkably similar to Asustek Taichi
Sep 5, 15:53
Samsung Electronics is showcasing a Windows 8 notebook prototype at the 2012 IFA exhibition. The model is very similar in appearance to the Taichi, an ultrabook with dual touch screens...
US ITC rules in favor of AUO in patent row wtih Thomson
Jun 18, 10:53
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) affirmed on June 15, 2012 the Administrative Law Judge's initial determination of January 12, 2012...
Everlight wins YAG white light LED patent against Nichia
May 25, 16:19
Everlight Electronics recently filed an invalidation action with the Japan Patent Office against Nichia Corporation's YAG white light LED patent JP3503139 and has received the decision...
Sentelic accuses Samsung, HTC, Apple, RIM of patent infringement
May 11, 15:47
Taiwan-based touch controller IC and touchpad maker Sentelic has filed a patent complaint against Samsung Electronics, HTC, Apple and Research in Motion (RIM) in the US, accusing...
Nichia files lawsuit against Everlight
May 10, 11:52
Nichia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany at the District Court Dusseldorf against the Taiwanese LED manufacturer Everlight Electronics and its German subsidiary Everlight...
Asustek involved in Pragmatus patent infringement charges
Mar 19, 12:03
Patent licensing company Pragmatus has filed charges with the US International Trade Commission against Asustek Computer and several other vendors for alleged infringement of its...
Apple to pay Elan US$5 million in patent lawsuit settlement
Stockwatch - Jan 6, 14:59
IC design house Elan Microelectronics has issued a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) disclosing it has settled a patent infringement dispute with Apple.
China market: Handset makers form alliance to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits
Dec 30, 01:15
A number of handset makers in China, including Lenovo, ZTE, TCL, Coolpad and Konka, has formed an alliance in preparation to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits to bring...
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation files red phosphor patent infringement lawsuit in Korea
Dec 21, 14:08
On December 20, 2011, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) filed an infringement lawsuit in Seoul Central District Court against a US company, Intematix Corporation, and a Korean...
Impact of ITC ruling on HTC less than expected
Dec 20, 16:03
The final decision of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in favor of Apple in a patent dispute with HTC will have limited impact on HTC as the scope of patent violation and...
LED maker Everlight to sue Nichia
Dec 2, 11:18
Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics has decided to file a complaint with the Tokyo District Court against Japan-based LED maker Nichia, accusing the company of lodging untruthful allegations...
Nanya to sign with Intellectual Ventures for lawsuit war against Elpida
Nov 30, 11:42
DRAM maker Nanya Technology is looking to sign with Intellectual Ventures (IV) for assistance in DRAM patents to enhance its defensive strength in its patent infringement lawsuit...
Nanya files ITC complaint against Elpida
Nov 22, 11:14
Nanya Technology has filed a complaint against rival Elpida Memory with the International Trade Commission, asking the agency to bar the US imports of Elpida's DRAM chips that infringe...
Elpida lodges patent infringement complaint against Nanya
Nov 17, 01:40
Elpida Memory has announced two filings of a complaint in two countries against Nanya Technology for patent infringement.
Commentary: LED lighting moving towards patent-dominated market
Oct 24, 12:05
The big LED lighting pie has been attracting many firms to enter the market, heating up competition between traditional and new firms. Fierce competition can lead to patent wars as...
Everlight wins patent infringement lawsuit filed by Nichia in Taiwan
Oct 21, 01:15
Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court, regarding Japan-based Nichia's accusations that Taiwan-based LED packaging company Everlight Electronics infringed upon its Patent Nos.089 and...
VIA sues Apple for patent infringement
Sep 23, 14:02
VIA Technologies has announced it has taken legal action against Apple, filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court of...
Chip One Stop stops selling Everlight LED products
Sep 14, 15:19
Chip One Stop, a web-based electronics device marketing company in Japan, has reached an agreement with LED maker Nichia to stop selling white LED products manufactured by Taiwan-based...
HTC files new patent complains against Apple, using patents transferred from Google
Sep 9, 01:25
HTC will take further legal action against Apple, adding new patent complaints to its previous filing lodged with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on August 16, and will...
Nanya responds to Elpida patent infringement lawsuit
Sep 7, 14:56
Elpida Memory announced on September 7 that it has filed a lawsuit against Nanya Technology in the US, claiming that Nanya and its US subsidiary Nanya USA has infringed on its DRAM...
Nichia files patent infringement lawsuit against Everlight
Sep 2, 10:32
Japan-based LED firm Nichia Corporation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Chip One Stop from infringing Nichia's patent (No. 4530094, or "patent...
Amtran faces challenge to attain 2011 LCD TV goal
Aug 17, 14:46
Taiwan-based Amtran Technology's LCD TV shipments reached nearly two million units in the first half of 2011, according to industry sources. But the maker may have difficulties achieving...
Aug 17, 09:41
HTC has announced that it took legal action against Apple on August 16, filing a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court of Delaware for...
Innofidei, Siano reconcile on CMMB patent infringement litigation
Aug 2, 01:00
China-based chip vendor Innofidei and Israel-based fellow company Siano Mobile Silicon on August jointly announced the resolution of their disputes regarding CMMB (China Mobile Multimedia...
Supply chain players helping HTC seek solutions to bypass patent issues
Jul 26, 13:47
Players in HTC's supply chain, including component suppliers and software and firmware vendors, have been providing assistance to HTC in finding solutions that can enable new HTC...
Acer ready to face patent infringement challenges
Jul 22, 12:14
Acer is ready to face any possible complaints over alleged patent infringement, which has become almost a daily event in the highly competitive PC industry, according to company chairman...
ITC judgment of HTC infringement of Apple patents arouses concern in China handset industry
Jul 19, 01:00
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has made an initial ruling that Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC has infringed two of Apple's 10 patents related to iPhone, and this...
HTC to appeal Apple patent infringement complaint
Jul 18, 16:14
HTC has said that it would appeal a ruling by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) which found that HTC had infringed two patents held by Apple
HTC denies Apple infringement claims
Newswatch - Jul 13, 16:03
HTC has strongly denied all of Apple's past and present claims of infringing of its intellectual property rights, saying it is dismayed that Apple has continued to resort to legal...
AUO files countersuit against Samsung
Jun 29, 11:37
AU Optronics (AUO) on June 27 filed a lawsuit in the US accusing Samsung Electronics and the Korean company's clients AT&T, Best Buy, and BrandsMart of infringing 10 of its LCD...
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 8h 37min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 8h 39min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 8h 44min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 9h 6min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 9h 7min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 10h 4min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 10h 14min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 10h 20min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 9h ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 9h 18min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 10h 22min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 10h 48min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 11h 45min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 11h 53min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
19-Jun-2013 markets closed
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| OTC electronic | 144.36 | +0.41 | +0.28% |
- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.