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Tuesday 16 November 2010
TSMC obtains termination of ITC investigation into 37nm and smaller products
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that it was able to secure a favorable resolution to an International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation for alleged...
Friday 24 September 2010
US ITC to start investigating patent dispute between CMI and Sony
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) will start to investigate a suit filed by Chimei Innolux (CMI) accusing Sony of patent infringement.
Thursday 23 September 2010
Toyoda, Epistar joint venture enters LED market with better pricing advantage
TE Opto, the new joint venture between Toyoda Gosei and Epistar will be able to provide LED chips without worrying about patent infringement issues due to patent support from Toyoda,...
Monday 20 September 2010
Preliminary ruling of LG-Vizio patent infringement lawsuit at USITC favors the Korea-based vendor
Tension over the patent infringement lawsuit between US-based LCD TV vendor Vizio and Korea-based vendor LG Electronics is rising as the preliminary ruling of US International Trade...
Tuesday 7 September 2010
PQI judged to pay NT$16 million damages in losing patent suit
A local Taiwan court has ruled in favor of China-based Netac Technology in a patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan-based memory module maker Power Quotient International (PQI)...
Friday 27 August 2010
Wintek signs patent licensing agreement with Seiko Epson
Wintek has announced the signing of a patent cross licensing agreement with Japan-based Seiko Epson for LCD manufacturing.
Wednesday 25 August 2010
CMI files more patent lawsuits against Sony in US and China
Following its earlier patent infringement lawsuits against Sony, which were filed on July 7, Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) has filed additional actions with...
Wednesday 11 August 2010
VIA expects to benefit from Intel lawsuit, says paper
VIA Technologies recently noted that Intel's settlement with the US fair trade commission (FTC) will allow the company's x86 patent contract with Intel to be extended for another...
Wednesday 28 July 2010
MediaTek signs LTE licensing agreement with NTT DoCoMo
MediaTek has announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with NTT DoCoMo regarding "LTE-PF," a mobile-terminal platform based on Long Term Evolution (LTE). Upon...
Friday 23 July 2010
Richtek claims victory in patent lawsuit against uPI Semiconductor
Analog IC design house Richtek Technology claims that it has won a patent lawsuit against rival uPI Semiconductor which recently applied for a consent order from the US International...
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Nanya enters into new patent license agreement with Mosaid
Mosaid Technologies has signed a seven-year, royalty bearing patent portfolio license agreement with Nanya Technology, according to the memory IP specialist. Financial details of...
Friday 9 July 2010
Philips and Cree sign LED patent cross-license agreement
Philips Electronics and Cree have signed a comprehensive, worldwide patent cross-license agreement designed to further accelerate the growth of the LED lighting market.
Thursday 8 July 2010
CMI files lawsuit against Sony over patent violations
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has filed lawsuits in China and the US accusing Sony of violating its patents in products including Bravia LCD TVs, Cybershot digital still cameras (DSCs) and...
Friday 2 July 2010
Rambus licenses LED lighting patents to GE Lighting
To accelerate LED product development, Rambus and GE Lighting, a unit of the General Electric, have signed a broad licensing agreement for the use of Rambus' patented lighting technologies,...
Friday 25 June 2010
US university sues TSMC, Samsung over patent
STC.UNM (STC), the technology-transfer arm of the University of New Mexico (UNM), is charging Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics with patent...