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Wednesday 10 February 2010
SMIC 4Q09 losses widen
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has reported net losses of US$482.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to losses of US$124.5 million a year...
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Japan-based Furukawa Electric sues Taiwan-based CCI for infringement of heat-sink patent
Japan-based Furukawa Electric on January 25 filed with Taiwan's Intellectual Property Court charging Chaun-Choung Technology (CCI) with infringement of its Taiwan patent No.121526...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Toshiba patent complaint to have little impact, says Wistron
Wistron has commented on a recent patent complaint over notebook technologies lodged by Toshiba, saying that shipment volumes of affected notebook models are very small and so the...
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
IC packaging and testing companies feeling relief after Tessera lost in lawsuit against DRAM makers
Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing companies, along with DRAM chip vendors, have felt a sense of relief after the US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a final determination...
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,...
Wednesday 30 December 2009
Tessera loses ITC chip-patent case against DRAM makers and sellers
Nanya Technology on December 30 announced the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed the company and other DRAM makers that no violation was found in the Investigation...
Thursday 24 December 2009
ChipMOS loses DRAM packaging patent lawsuit against Walton
Memory packaging and testing house Walton Advanced Engineering has prevailed in a lawsuit in Taiwan brought by rival ChipMOS Technologies pertaining to packaging technology used for...
Thursday 17 December 2009
Intel comments on FTC suit
Intel has issued the following statement regarding the suit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC): "Intel has competed fairly and lawfully. Its actions have benefited...
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...
Friday 11 December 2009
CMO says price-fixing fine not to affect Innolux merger
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has said that its settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve anti-trust allegations will not affect its plan to merge with Innolux...
Thursday 10 December 2009
CMO agrees to pay US$220 million fine in US anti-trust probe
Taiwan-based LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) today announced that it has entered into a plea agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), agreeing to pay a fine...
Thursday 3 December 2009
Handset panel makers respond to Nokia lawsuit saying price fixing not easy
Commenting on Nokia's price-fixing lawsuit against LCD panel makers, sources with Taiwan's panel sector have noted that it is not be easy for suppliers to jointly control prices as...
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Taiwan panel makers may benefit from Sharp patent lawsuit against Samsung in the US
Taiwan panel makers are expected to see more outsourcing orders from Samsung Electronics if the US justice department finds that Samsung violated patent rights belonging to Sharp,...