174 news items tagged patent infringement
Epistar starts patent infringement lawsuit in US
Friday 5 May 2017LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of California a patent infringement charge against US-based Lowe's...
ITC investigating Toshiba over Macronix complaints
Monday 10 April 2017The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched an investigation into trade practices committed by Toshiba and certain Toshiba subsidiaries based on their alleged infringement...
Everlight Electronics' Germany subsidiary WOFI Leuchten subject to patent infringement
Thursday 22 December 2016The District Court of Düsseldorf, Germany, has judged that WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH, a Germany-based residential lighting subsidiary maker of Taiwan-based LED packaging...
Epistar settles patent infringement lawsuit with Adamax
Tuesday 1 November 2016LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reached a settlement with US-based lighting distributor Adamax concerning charges it filed in the US alleging Adamax has infringed on...
Nichia wins patent infringement litigation in Japan
Friday 21 October 2016The Tokyo District Court has judged that Tachibana Eletech and E&E Japan infringed on Nichia's Japan patent No. 2780618 for blue-light LED products, coded 1254 and 7344, they...
Advantech subject to US ITC patent infringement probe
Thursday 22 September 2016US-based Rockwell Automation has recently filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against Germany-based Smart Software Solutions (3S) and Taiwan-based industrial...
Qualcomm sues Meizu for patent infringement
Friday 15 July 2016Qualcomm filed lawsuits against China-based smartphone vendor Meizu for infringing its patents at the end of June in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Other players such as Oppo and Vivo...
Everlight plays down impact of Japan patent infringement ruling
Thursday 23 June 2016The Tokyo District Court in Japan has ruled that Japan-based Tachibana Eletech and E&E Japan have infringed Japan-based Nichia's patent JP3972943 regarding LED technology for...
SAS to sue solar wafer makers for patent infringement
Thursday 28 April 2016Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has revealed it is preparing to file charges against China- and Taiwan-based makers who allegedly have infringed on its patent No. 1452185 concerning...
Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against Everlight Electronics in the US
Friday 29 January 2016Japan-based LED maker Nichia on January 28 announced that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has judged that Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight...
US court fines Epistar US$9.3 million for patent infringement
Friday 27 November 2015The jury of a US district court in Massachusetts has made a preliminary decision to fine Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar US$9.3 million for infringing US patent...
CCL maker TUC faces fine in US over patent violation
Tuesday 22 September 2015Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) is facing a fine after a US jury found that its products violated two patents held by Isola, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange...
Nichia sues Everlight subsidiary in Germany for patent infringement
Tuesday 1 September 2015Japan-based Nichia has filed a charge with the District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, against WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH, a Germany-based residential lighting subsidiary...
Nichia obtains 2 white LED patents from EPO, enhances patent infringement charge against Everlight
Monday 27 July 2015Japan-based Nichia has obtained two new white LED patents mainly concerning YAG phosphoric material from the European Patent Office (EPO). The two patents strengthen a pending charge...
Aten International accuses Unisum, Beijing Hardlink of patent infringement
Friday 5 June 2015KVM switch solution provider Aten International on June 4 announced that it has filed with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court in northern China against China-based KVM providers...
Everlight wins against Nichia in US patent infringement suit
Monday 27 April 2015In April 2012, Everlight Electronics filed for declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement of Nichia's US patents related to white LEDs, including US Patent Nos. 5998925...
MediaTek responds to patent infringement case brought by Synaptics against its China-based affiliate
Friday 24 April 2015The recent patent infringement case brought by Synaptics against Goodix Technology in the US will not affect MediaTek's overall operations, according to the Taiwan-based IC design...
Synaptics files patent complaints in protection of touch sensing technology
Thursday 23 April 2015Synaptics has announced the filing of complaints against BLU Products and two Goodix entities, including Goodix Technology, in the US International Trade Commission (USITC) and US...
Spansion and Macronix reach settlement agreement
Tuesday 27 January 2015Spansion and Macronix International announced on January 27 that they have settled all outstanding patent disputes and actions, including their respective complaints at the US International...
Cree sues Unity Opto for alleged patent infringement
Wednesday 14 January 2015US-based LED lighting vendor Cree has filed with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin a charge against Taiwan-based...
Lof Solar sues Sunshine PV for alleged patent infringement
Tuesday 23 December 2014Color crystalline silicon solar cell maker Lof Solar has filed a lawsuit with Taiwan Intellectual Property Court, accusing Sunshine PV, which makes CIGS thin-film PV modules and color...
ASE payment to settle patent litigation with Tessera reduced
Thursday 6 November 2014Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has issued a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) announcing that its payment to settle patent disputes with Tessera have been...
Tera Xtal wages patent infringement war
Monday 13 October 2014Sapphire 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...
Cree accuses Harvatek, Kingbright of patent infringement in US
Monday 22 September 2014US-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...
Asustek plans to accuse motherboard competitors of patent infringement
Wednesday 17 September 2014Asustek 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...
