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• Rambus Wins First Phase of Hynix Trial (Thursday Jan. 05, 2006)
  Judge rejects motion to dismiss; patent trial to proceed
  
  
• MEMC Conducts Seizure and Files Suit Against Soitec for Patent Infringement (Thursday Dec. 29, 2005)
  MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) announced today that a lawsuit has been filed against Soitec for violation of MEMC's European patents on defect-free silicon, referred to as Perfect Silicon
  
  
• Significant Power Management Patent Granted to O2Micro(R) (Thursday Dec. 29, 2005)
  O2Micro(R) International Limited (NASDAQ:OIIM), a leading supplier of innovative power management, and security components and systems for the Computer, Consumer, Industrial, and Communications markets, was granted 37 claims under United States patent num
  
  
• Patriot Scientific Comments on Lawsuits Filed By Major Electronics Equipment Manufacturers (Tuesday Dec. 20, 2005)
  Apparent Strategic Move in Patent Portfolio Litigation
  
  
• SanDisk Files Patent Suit Against STMicroelectronics (Tuesday Dec. 06, 2005)
  SanDisk Files Patent Suit Against STMicroelectronics
  
  
• Wi-LAN Signs Agreement with Cisco; Lawsuit Resolved (Monday Dec. 05, 2005)
  Under the agreement, Cisco purchased from Wi-LAN several issued and pending patents relating to WiMAX and antenna technology, and has granted Wi-LAN a license to use these patents in its products
  
  
• Toshiba Responds To Trial Court Ruling On Post-Trial Motions In U.S. Trade Secret Lawsuit On NAND Flash Technologies (Friday Dec. 02, 2005)
  The court has granted Toshiba Corporation's and TAEC's motion for a new trial on the damages awards for both Lexar's misappropriation of trade secrets claim and breach of fiduciary duty claim.
  
  
• Samsung admission could benefit Rambus (Wednesday Nov. 30, 2005)
  As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, the plea agreement, made public last week, could work in favor of memory interface licensor Rambus Inc., which is currently suing Samsung and other DRAM manufacturers for antitrust violations
  
  
• MOSAID Files Notice of Appeal of Summary Judgement Ruling in Infineon Litigation (Friday Nov. 25, 2005)
  The Notice of Appeal effectively starts the appeal process of the New Jersey summary judgment ruling in the Infineon litigation
  
  
• Atmel Awarded $43.1M for Breach of Contract and Misappropriation of Trade Secrets by LM Ericsson Telefon, AB (Tuesday Nov. 22, 2005)
  Breach Related to Atmel's Proprietary AVR Technology
  
  
• Soitec files for declaratory relief in U.S. Court against MEMC (Tuesday Nov. 22, 2005)
  In a complaint filed on November 21, 2005, Soitec stipulates that it does not infringe on any of MEMC’s patents involving the production and use of so-called ‘COP-free silicon’, in the fabrication of SOI wafers, and that in addition, these patents are not
  
  
• Court Enters Judgment That Monolithic Power Systems does not infringe O2 Micro Patent, Sets Aside $12 Million Jury Verdict, Awards $2.7 Million Plus Cost (Friday Nov. 11, 2005)
  The court entered judgment that MPS does not infringe O2 Micro's '615 patent, confirming a prior summary judgment in favor of MPS.
  
  
• Qualcomm Files GSM Patent Infringement Suit Against Nokia (Monday Nov. 07, 2005)
  QUALCOMM's complaint states that Nokia is infringing QUALCOMM's patents by making or selling products in the United States that comply with the GSM family of standards
  
  
• Intersil files SOI suit against Soitec (Thursday Nov. 03, 2005)
  Intersil Corp. has filed a suit against France’s Soitec S.A. over alleged infringement of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) patents
  
  
• Court Grants MOSAID's Motion to Proceed with Appeal (Monday Oct. 31, 2005)
  In the Stipulation, Infineon agreed with MOSAID’s position that it can immediately appeal the Summary Judgment Order entered by the New Jersey Court on April 1, 2005, and postpone the remaining claims and upcoming trial relating to patent ‘703, until such
  
  
• SIA Urges Improved Intellectual Property Protection in China (Friday Oct. 28, 2005)
  Better IP protection would spur innovation in China
  
  
• Patriot Scientific Dismisses Lawsuits Against Major Electronics Equipment Manufacturers; Strategic Move in Management of Patent Portfolio Litigation (Wednesday Oct. 26, 2005)
  Patriot Scientific has announced the voluntary self-dismissal of its lawsuit against Fujitsu Computer Systems, Inc.; Matsushita Electric Corporation of America; NEC Solutions (America) Inc.; Sony Electronics Inc.; and Toshiba America Inc.
  
  
• MOSAID Technologies Inc: Texas Court Denies Infineon's Motion to Change Venue (Monday Oct. 17, 2005)
  MOSAID Technologies Inc: Texas Court Denies Infineon's Motion to Change Venue
  
  
• ZF Micro Solutions Signs Multi-Year Foundry Agreement With IBM; First Collaboration Brings ZFx86 FailSafe(R) System-on-a-Chip Back to Market (Monday Oct. 17, 2005)
  After a three year legal battle with National Semiconductor, ZF was successful and a settlement agreement gave ZF rights to all IP within the chip to make, have made, use, modify, produce derivatives or migrate the ZFx86 design to other foundries
  
  
• Toshiba Responds To Entry Of Judgement In U.S. Trade Secret Lawsuit On NAND Flash Technologies (Friday Oct. 14, 2005)
  Toshiba Responds To Entry Of Judgement In U.S. Trade Secret Lawsuit On NAND Flash Technologies
  
  
• Suppliers angered by automakers' IP negotiating tactics (Monday Oct. 10, 2005)
  Electronics suppliers blasted automakers during an industry conference here last week over alleged hardball negotiating tactics involving intellectual property
  
  
• Industry groups fighting proposed U.S. export control changes (Tuesday Oct. 04, 2005)
  Industry groups are lobbying furiously to block, or at least delay, a proposed rule that would broaden the application of U.S. export control regulations involving the transfer of technological know-how to foreign researchers.
  
  
• Zoran Defeats MediaTek in Second International Trade Commission Decision; MediaTek Patent Claims Declared Invalid (Monday Oct. 03, 2005)
  On September, 30, 2005, Judge Robert L. Barton, Jr. of the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued his Initial Determination regarding MediaTek's retaliatory patent infringement countersuit against Zoran in the ITC.
  
  
• U.S. talks tough on IP enforcement (Wednesday Sep. 21, 2005)
  Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Wednesday (Sept. 20) said the United States would step up enforcement of intellectual property (IP) laws, although some believe the efforts would fall short in preventing the rampant problem in China and other nation
  
  
• Thomson reaches agreement with Tri-Vision for past V-chip patent infringement (Thursday Sep. 08, 2005)
  Thomson reaches agreement with Tri-Vision for past V-chip patent infringement
  
  
• Fujitsu Initiates Legal Action Against Nanya Technology Corporation Japan; Alleges Infringement of DRAM Patent (Monday Aug. 22, 2005)
  In its complaint, Fujitsu alleges that DRAMs manufactured by Nanya infringe certain Fujitsu DRAM patent claims
  
  
• Microchip Technology Files Patent Infringement Suit Against ZiLOG, Inc. (Friday Aug. 12, 2005)
  The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, alleges that ZiLOG’s 8-pin Z8 Encore! XP® 4K series of microcontrollers infringes three Microchip patents covering 8-pin microcontrollers and seeks preliminary and permanent injunctiv
  
  
• RFID Industry Group Proposes Patent Licensing Consortium (Tuesday Aug. 09, 2005)
  Modeled after MPEG-2 and DVD IP Licensing Programs
  
  
• Anadigics Expands Intellectual Property Portfolio (Thursday Aug. 04, 2005)
  ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD), a leading supplier of wireless and broadband solutions, today announced five new patents covering innovations in the design and development of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs)
  
  
• Matsushita sues Taiwan's MediaTek for patent infringement (Thursday Aug. 04, 2005)