355 news items tagged patent
Nichia sues Brazilian affiliates of Everlight, Asustek over patent
Thursday 28 November 2019Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has filed charges with a court in the Judicial District of the Capital of the State of Sao Paulo against Karimex Componentes Eletronicos and Arrow...
TSMC and Globalfoundries end legal disputes through patent cross-licensing
Tuesday 29 October 2019TSMC and Globalfoundries (GF) have announced they are dismissing all litigation between them as well as those that involve any of their customers. The companies said they have agreed...
iST refutes PSI accusation over alleged patent infringement
Friday 20 September 2019Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (iST) has maintained it has injected a lot of manpower and resources into in-house development of technologies while sticking to its established...
PSI files wafer thinning patent infringement lawsuit against iST
Wednesday 18 September 2019Wafer reclaim and thinning specialist Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has filed a lawsuit with the Taiwan IP court against Integrated Service Technology (iST) accusing it of infringing...
What drives GF to file patent infringement lawsuits against TSMC?
Wednesday 28 August 2019The unexpected patent infringement lawsuits recently filed by Globalfoundries (GF) with courts in the US and Germany against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is most...
Globalfoundries files patent infringement lawsuits against TSMC in US and Germany
Tuesday 27 August 2019Globalfoundries (GF) announced on August 26 it has filed multiple lawsuits in the US and Germany alleging that semiconductor manufacturing technologies used by Taiwan Semiconductor...
Taiwan 1H19 patent applications slightly up on year
Monday 19 August 2019Taiwan-based and foreign applicants applied for 35,534 patents during first-half 2019, increasing 0.68% on year, according to Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
Nichia succeeds in invalidating Everlight LED flip-chip patent in China
Thursday 1 August 2019Japan-based Nichia has announced that the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has invalidated ZL20071016547.X, a China patent concerning LED flip-chip technology...
AOT aims to obtain patent and trademark licensing from Cree
Friday 19 July 2019LED packaging service provider Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (AOT) has disclosed it aims to obtain licenses for using US-based Cree's patents and trademark, according to an announcement...
Egistec subject to patent infringement probe in China
Tuesday 16 July 2019Taiwan-based Egis Technology (Egistec), which specializes in the design and development of fingerprint sensors, has been accused by China's Goodix Technology of infringing Goodix'...
Innolux wins patent lawsuit in China
Tuesday 28 May 2019Flat panel maker Innolux has announced that it has won a patent lawsuit against China-based rival Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology, citing a ruling released by an intermediate...
Taiwan 1Q19 patent applications slightly down
Tuesday 30 April 2019Taiwan-based and foreign applicants applied for 17,243 patents in total during first-quarter 2019, decreasing 2.44% on year, according to Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
Nichia wins initial patent infringement lawsuit against HTC in Germany
Thursday 11 April 2019Nichia has indicated that the District Court of Dusseldorf in Germany in late March 2019 decided that its YAG patent, EP 0 936 682 (German patent code DE 697 02 929), was infringed...
Gudeng faces US$32.6 million fine in Taiwan over patent violation
Monday 25 March 2019Gudeng Precision Industrial is facing a fine after the Taiwan IP court found that its products violated Entegris' reticle pod patent.
Everlight wins patent lawsuit against Nichia in Australia
Tuesday 19 March 2019An Australian federal court has dismissed an appeal filed by Japan-based Nichia accusing Arrow Electronics Australia of infringing its LED patent No. 720234, equivalent to upholding...
Meyer Burger reportedly defends LONGi from infringement allegations by Hanwha
Monday 18 March 2019Switzerland-based Meyer Burger Technology has rallied support for LONGi Green Energy Technology after the China-based firm was accused by Hanwha Q Cells of infringing the Korean vendor's...
Hanwha sues Jinko, LONGi for alleged patent infringement in Australia
Friday 15 March 2019South Korea-based solar cell and PV module maker Hanwha Q Cells has filed a charge with the Federal Court of Australia against China-based fellow makers Jinko Solar and LONGi Green...
Foxconn challenges Microsoft patent lawsuit
Wednesday 13 March 2019Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) chairman Terry Gou has responded to a patent infringement lawsuit filed against his compoanny by Microsoft, saying as a contract manufacturer instead...
Hanwha Q Cells accuses Jinko, LONGi, REC Solar of patent infringement
Thursday 7 March 2019South Korea-based PV maker Hanwha Q Cells has filed charges in the US and Germany against threel China companies, accusing them of infringing on its patents regarding passivation...
China makers expected to use PV silver paste without patent issues
Wednesday 20 February 2019First-tier China-based PV makers who are eyeing overseas markets are likely to adopt PV silver paste free from patent issues to avoid litigation over their exports, according to industry...
TSMC top patent applicant in 2018
Tuesday 29 January 2019Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) applied for 944 patents in 2018, the most among all Taiwan-based applicants consisting of enterprises, research organizations and...
Everlight subsidiary ordered to compensate Nichia in China patent row
Tuesday 29 January 2019The Beijing Intellectual Property Court has ruled Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics' subsidiary in China and its distributors have infringed Nichia's...
Everlight claims flip-chip patent lawsuit victory against Nichia in China
Wednesday 19 December 2018LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has revealed that China's intellectual property authority has dismissed Nichia's claim that Everlight's China patent concerning...
SunPower to sue China PV module makers for patent infringement
Tuesday 4 December 2018US-based SunPower will sue China-based PV module makers for alleged infringement of its patents concerning shingled array PV modules, according to China-based solar mono-Si wafer...
Nichia to seek damages from Everlight over patent infringement
Wednesday 31 October 2018Nichia has maintained it will seek damages from Everlight Electronics and its subsidiary WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH for infringing its YAG patent before it expired.
- Qualcomm to appeal record South Korean anti-trust fine (Dec 3) - Reuters
- Qualcomm won't have to offer patent licenses to rivals, for now (Aug 24) - engadget
- Qualcomm strikes new licensing deal with LG (Aug 20) - Reuters
- HTC smartphones pulled from sale in UK during patent row (Aug 5) - BBC News
- Apple is looking into building foldable iPhones out of glass (May 29) - BGR
- Lenovo patent hints at a future tablet with a folding screen (Jan 22) - Digital Trends
- Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends global wins (Dec 20, 2018) - Reuters
- Nokia, Oppo sign patent license agreement (Nov 26, 2018) - Company release
- This patent from Nintendo could turn your smartphone into a working Game Boy (Oct 6, 2018) - BGR
- Ericsson and LG sign mobility patent licence agreement (Jul 30, 2018) - ZDNet