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Law & disOrder covers the legal battles between semiconductor industry players and other corporate litigious developments. This department also reviews individuals caught in the act of trade secrets violations.

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Monolithic Power Systems Slaps Taiwanese Chipmaker with Infrigement Lawsuit

Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) (NASDAQ:MPWR), a fabless manufacturer of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Chip Advanced Technology (CAT), a Taiwanese chipmaker. . . . Continue

Microchip Takes Legal Action Against Chinese Fabless Chipmaker for Microcode Piracy

Microchip Technology is suing Chinese fabless chipmaker Shanghai Haier Integrated Circuit Co. (SHIC) for alleged misappropriation of its microcode IP . . . Continue

Silicon Image Files Suit Against Analogix
Silicon Image (Nasdaq:SIMG), a supplier of semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, has filed a lawsuit against Analogix Semiconductor. /P . . . Continue

Broadcom Wins Second Patent Case Against Qualcomm

Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) won a patent skirmish as a federal jury in San Diego found that the company had not infringed two patents . . . Continue

Memory Price Fixing Probe Sends Parade of Execs to Jail

The latest victim of the on-going U.S. Justice Department investigation into DRAM price fixing from 1999 to 2003 found the president of Samsung Semiconductor . . . Continue

MIPS Sues Trident Microsystems
MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ:MIPS), a leading provider of in . . . Continue

Actions-SigmaTel Legal Saga Continues

SigmaTel (Nasdaq:SGTL) had its sights set on the China for a number of years as a vast market for its MP3 multimedia chips was growing in the region. The company opened a large office in Shenzhen in mid-2005 as a base for its China operations. The market was also being targeted by one of China's successful fabless IC companies, Actions Semiconductor. . . . Continue

Monolithic Power Systems Files Antitrust Claim Against O2 Micro
Monolithic Power Systems has filed an antitrust and unfair competition claim against O2 Micro International in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Monolithic alleges that O2 Mic . . . Continue

Shareholder Bring Class Action Suit Against Conexant
Shareholders of Conexant Systems have filed a class-action suit against the company, alleging Conexant misrepresented the success of the merger with GlobespanVirata. The suit was filed in New Jersey o . . . Continue

Toshiba Files Patent Infringement Action Against Hynix
Toshiba has filed suit against Hynix Semiconductor in Japan and the United States for infringement of Toshiba's semiconductor memory patents. In Japan, Toshiba filed suit against Hynix Semiconductor J . . . Continue

Four Infineon Execs Agree to Plead Guilty In DRAM Price-Fixing Conspiracy
In early December, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that four Infineon Technologies executives agreed to plead guilty to participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the DRAM . . . Continue

OPTi Files Patent-Infringement Suit Against nVidia
OPTi has filed a complaint against nVidia for infringement of five U.S. patents, three of which are entitled "Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Acesses," and two entitled, "Comp . . . Continue

Renesas Takes Legal Action Against Nanya Japan
Renesas Technology filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in the Tokyo District Court against Nanya Technology. Renesas is seeking the suspension of Nanya Japan's importation, marketing and sales . . . Continue

Power Integrations Charges Fairchild with Patent Infringement
Power Integrations, a supplier of high-voltage analog ICs used in power conversion, has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Fairchild Semiconductor International. The suit states that certain . . . Continue

Magma Files Answer and Counterclaims Against Synopsys
Magma Design Automation has filed an answer and counterclaims in United States District Court in response to a lawsuit filed by Synopsys against Magma for allegedly infringing three patents related to . . . Continue

Magma, Synopsys Clash over Patents
After receiving a patent assertion letter from Magma Design Automation - which cited three patents, two of which name Magma founder and former Synopsys employee Lukas van Ginneken as the sole inventor . . . Continue

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