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April 6,
In one complaint, Tokyo-based Elpida claims Infineon is infringing three U.S. patents related to microcontrollers used in mobile phones, including ones Infineon makes for Apple Inc.’s iPhone. A second complaint cites Infineon microcontrollers used in auto components, Elpida lawyer Roger Taylor said in a telephone interview today.
Infineon has “refused to take a license for the [...]
ShareInfineon Technologies has announced that the company and its subsidiary Infineon Technologies North America filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against Elpida Memory on February 19, 2010.
The complaint asserts that Elpida has engaged in unfair trade practices by making for importation into the US, and selling after importation, certain DRAM semiconductors [...]
ShareInfineon said that Volterra’s voltage regulators and pulse width modulation controllers infringe four of its U.S. patents.
Infineon filed the lawsuit against Volterra in the U.S. District Court for Delaware on Thursday, the company said in a statement.
Volterra had previously sued Infineon in November 2008 for patent infringement in the U.S. Court for the Northern District [...]
ShareThe deal settles patent infringement suits the two companies filed against each other in Maine and Delaware courts last year over chip technology.
Fairchild Semiconductor says it’s settled a patent lawsuit it filed against German rival Infineon Technologies AG, and says the two have entered into a cross-licensing agreement.
The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, [...]