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• Tensilica Granted 8 New Configurable Processor Technology Patents (Monday May. 22, 2006)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that it has been granted eight new configurable processor technology patents. Tensilica now holds a total of 10 patents on configurable processor technology as well as several fundamental patents on processor architecture,
  
  
• Wi-LAN Technologies Sues D-Link for Patent Infringement (Wednesday May. 17, 2006)
  Wi-LAN today announced it has filed and served a lawsuit against D-Link Canada Inc in the Federal Court of Canada for infringement of Wi-LAN's Canadian patent 2,064,975
  
  
• Renesas Technology and Nanya Technology Reach Settlement in Patent Infringement Lawsuits (Tuesday May. 16, 2006)
  Renesas Technology Corp. and Nanya Technology Corp. today announced that both parties have reached a cross-license agreement and a settlement agreement to dismiss the four pending lawsuits filed by Renesas based on claims of patent infringement by Nanya's
  
  
• Rambus reasserts pressure in Taiwan (Wednesday May. 03, 2006)
  Fresh from a court room win over Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Rambus Inc. is once again knocking on the doors of DRAM and memory controller makers in Asia with the hope of striking licensing agreements that cover its patents in memory technology.
  
  
• MPEG LA Signing IPR Protection Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese Partners (Thursday Apr. 27, 2006)
  MPEG LA, LLC, the world leader in one-stop technology platform patent licenses, today signed an IPR Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the China Audio Industry Association (CAIA) and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and
  
  
• Rambus Wins Patent Infringement Trial Against Hynix; Jury awards Rambus $306.9M in damages for infringing U.S. sales (Monday Apr. 24, 2006)
  Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS) today announced that the jury in its month-long patent infringement trial against Hynix Semiconductor (000660.KS) has found that all ten Rambus patent claims at issue in that trial are valid and infringed
  
  
• Court nears verdict in Rambus vs. Hynix dispute (Friday Apr. 14, 2006)
  A decision in the long and bitter patent lawsuit by Rambus Inc. against Hynix Semiconductor Inc. is expected to be rendered in the near future, perhaps as early as next week, according to sources close to the case.
  
  
• Luminary Micro Questions Microchip's Motives in Filing Suit on Previously Challenged Patents (Thursday Apr. 13, 2006)
  Luminary Micro (www.luminarymicro.com), a fabless semiconductor company that designs, markets, and sells ARM®Cortex-M3™-based microcontrollers, announces today that the company strongly believes that the 28-pin members of its Stellaris™ family of microcon
  
  
• Microchip Technology Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Luminary Micro, Inc. (Wednesday Apr. 12, 2006)
  The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, alleges that Luminary Micro’s 28-pin StellarisTM series of 32-bit microcontrollers infringes three Microchip patents and seeks permanent injunctive relief against the sale or use of t
  
  
• Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Power Integrations, Inc. (Tuesday Apr. 11, 2006)
  The lawsuit asserts infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,264,719 by Power Integrations’ pulse width modulation (PWM) products. Fairchild intends to take all possible steps to seek a court order to stop Power Integrations from making, using, selling, offering
  
  
• Lexar Files ITC Complaint Against Toshiba (Tuesday Apr. 11, 2006)
  Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq:LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, today officially filed a formal complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) against Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America, Inc., and Toshiba America Electro
  
  
• Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Silicon Image and Against Genesis Microchip (Thursday Apr. 06, 2006)
  Silicon Image, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIMG), a leader in the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the Federal Circuit) has rejected Genesis Microchip’s att
  
  
• MagnaChip Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pixelplus (Wednesday Apr. 05, 2006)
  MagnaChip Semiconductor, a leading designer and developer of image sensors, today announced that MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd., the Company's Korean operating company, filed a lawsuit on April 3, 2006, in Seoul Central District Court against Pixelplus Co.
  
  
• QUALCOMM Sues Broadcom for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Patent Infringement (Wednesday Mar. 29, 2006)
  QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced that it has filed a new complaint against Broadcom Corporation for trade secret misap
  
  
• Delaware Court Enjoins Micron Case Against Rambus (Wednesday Mar. 29, 2006)
  At a hearing today, the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware issued two rulings regarding where certain patent and other related disputes between Rambus (Nasdaq:RMBS) and Micron are to be decided.
  
  
• Ruling Issued in SigmaTel International Trade Commission Case; SigmaTel Patents Upheld; Judge Recommends Exclusion Order (Tuesday Mar. 21, 2006)
  SigmaTel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGTL), a leader in mixed-signal multimedia semiconductors, today announced that an International Trade Commission (ITC) Administrative Law Judge determined that Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. infringed two SigmaTel patents and reco
  
  
• Patriot Scientific To Now Focus On Outcome of Infringement Lawsuit in Texas (Friday Mar. 17, 2006)
  Northern California court grants TPL's motion to stay proceedings pending outcome of infringement proceedings against major Japanese manufacturers in Eastern District of Texas
  
  
• Fujitsu Purchases License to Intellectual Property Protected by Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) Portfolio (Wednesday Mar. 01, 2006)
  Fujitsu Joins Expanding Roster of Global Giants, Including Hewlett-Packard and Casio Computer, to Secure Licensing Rights to Ubiquitous MMP Portfolio Technologies
  
  
• Micron Technology, Inc., Brings Lawsuit Against Rambus in Italy (Thursday Feb. 23, 2006)
  In the suit, Micron and its Italian subsidiary, Micron Technology Italia, S.r.l., seek more than $30 million in damages and interest relating to a preliminary patent infringement action initiated by Rambus in September 2000
  
  
• Micron Technology, Inc., Files RICO Lawsuit Against Rambus (Tuesday Feb. 21, 2006)
  Micron Technology, Inc., (NYSE: MU) today announced that it has filed a new lawsuit against Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS). The suit alleges that Rambus violated sections of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and Virginia co
  
  
• NaturalNano Licenses Key Patent for Selective Wireless Access in RF Shielded Environments (Thursday Feb. 16, 2006)
  Technology Complements Company's Unique Radio Frequency Shielding Technology Utilizing Halloysite Nanotubes
  
  
• Zoran Settles Litigation With Mediatek and UMC (Friday Feb. 10, 2006)
  Under the agreement, the litigation will be dismissed and MediaTek or one of its affiliated companies will pay Zoran $15 million
  
  
• Transmeta and Culturecom Mutually Terminate Contingent Processor Technology License and Sale Agreement for the Chinese Market (Thursday Feb. 09, 2006)
  Under those agreements, which the parties announced in May 2005, Transmeta would have sold its Crusoe(TM) product line to Culturecom and would have licensed Transmeta's 130-nanometer Efficeon(TM) technology to Culturecom to make and sell Efficeon-based pr
  
  
• IP protection based on trust, technology (Wednesday Feb. 08, 2006)
  New technology such as tagging, watermarking and fingerprinting will aid silicon intellectual property (IP) protection, but it's no substitute for trust, noted panelists at the DesignCon 2006 conference here Tuesday (Feb. 7).
  
  
• China patents a must-have -- Foreigners, locals cope with country's spotty IP rights record (Monday Feb. 06, 2006)
  A few years ago, Austin-based SigmaTel Inc. focused much of its patent strategy on the United States and Europe. Since cash was limited, CEO Ron Edgerton reasoned, it made sense to concentrate on markets where people were snapping up MP3 players--products
  
  
• Zoran Settles Litigation With MediaTek (Thursday Jan. 26, 2006)
  Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced today that Zoran and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Oak Technology, Inc., have entered into an agreement with MediaTek, Inc. to settle pending patent litigation which the parties initiated against each other in 200
  
  
• Hewlett-Packard Becomes First System Manufacturer to License Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) Portfolio (Monday Jan. 23, 2006)
  HP joins Intel and AMD as early licensees of MMP Portfolio, validating need for system manufacturers to license fundamental microprocessor design patents
  
  
• Via Licensing Expands Call for Patents for Its IEEE 802.16 Patent Licensing Program (Thursday Jan. 19, 2006)
  Call for essential patents now includes IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX
  
  
• Rambus Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Micron (Friday Jan. 13, 2006)
  Delaware judge lifts stay permitting new case to move forward asserting additional patents on DDR2, GDDRx and other memory products
  
  
• Nokia and Kyocera resolve patent dispute (Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006)
  Under the terms of the agreement, Kyocera is licensed under Nokia's essential patents, and some additional patents, relating to CDMA, PHS and PDC standards. Kyocera will pay royalties to Nokia for all Kyocera CDMA mobile phone and module products