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Tuesday 9 February 2010
Phison settles patent dispute with SanDisk
NAND flash controller supplier Phison Electronics has issued a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) indicating it has settled with SanDisk over a NAND flash-related...
Monday 11 January 2010
Elan files multi-touch infringement lawsuit against Pixcir
Elan Microelectronics has filed a patent infringement complaint with the Las Vegas Justice Court against China-based Pixcir, according to the company. Pixcir's Tango S32 microcontrollers...
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Foxconn charges connector maker Argosy with patent infringement
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has accused Argosy Research, a Taiwan-based PC memory connector maker, of infringing its Reverse DDR SO-DIMM patent, according to...
Thursday 31 December 2009
Richtek files patent infringement complaint in US against AMD and graphics card makers
Taiwan-based IC design house Richtek has announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against uPI Semiconductor, AMD,...
Friday 11 December 2009
Taiwan-based analog IC design houses waging patent war to protect market share
A patent war has begun among Taiwan-based analog IC makers as more companies have entered the analog IC market. Richtek Technology recently filed suit against uPI Semiconductor, a...
Monday 23 November 2009
US court orders Quanta Storage to pay US$14.5 million compensation to Ricoh
A US Court in Wisconsin on November 20 made a judgment that Quanta Storage, the largest Taiwan-based ODM/OEM maker of slim-type optical disc drives, should pay US$14.5 million to...
Friday 13 November 2009
AMD and Intel announce settlement of all antitrust and IP disputes
Intel and AMD have announced a comprehensive agreement to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes...
Friday 13 November 2009
Elan expects touchscreen IC shipments to grow significantly in 4Q09
Elan Microelectronics expects to ship 500,000-600,000 touchscreen ICs used in handsets in the fourth quarter, about three times the volume it shipped in the third quarter. However,...
Thursday 8 October 2009
Asustek and IBM settle patent infringement dispute through cross licensing agreement
Taiwan-based Asustek Computer and IBM have announced they have agreed on mutual licensing of their patents to enhance cooperation.
Wednesday 23 September 2009
Nanya claims patent lawsuit victory over LSI
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...
Thursday 10 September 2009
AMEC wins patent suit against Lam
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...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
Court rejects Prodisc restructuring
Taiwan-based optical disc maker Prodisc Technology's request for corporate restructuring was dismissed by a district court in Taipei on August 11. Prodisc claimed that the move was...
Monday 10 August 2009
Taiwan high court rules against Everlight in patent lawsuit with Nichia
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.
Wednesday 22 July 2009
China IC firms more eager to develop patent portfolios, says CSIA
China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) became the top recipient of wafer foundry patents approved by the China authorities in 2008, whereas Taiwan...
Friday 10 July 2009
SanDisk looks to Taiwan government for help in cracking down on illegal SD card exports
SanDisk, via its licensing arm SD-3C LLC, is calling on Taiwan's government to help crackdown on the illegal export of non-certified SecureDigital (SD) memory cards from Taiwan, according...