Legal
Spansion accuses Samsung of patent infringement
Spansion, a provider of Flash memory solutions, has announced the filing of three separate patent infringement complaints against Samsung “to address past and ongoing widespread patent violations in a broad and growing range of Samsung Flash memory products”.
Spansion filed the complaints with the International Trade Commission (ITC) and in the US District Courts in the [...]
Grockit launches social network for LSAT studying
Grockit, a social network for studying that uses collaborative learning and develops adaptive programs for students, announced the launch of its LSAT test prep program.
The program incorporates the most current, licensed Law School Admission Test (LSAT) questions available with collaborative online learning methodology and peer-to-peer interaction to provide a customisable test prep program. Students have [...]
TeliaSonera, Altimo combine ownership interests in MegaFon, Turkcell
TeliaSonera and Altimo have agreed to combine their ownership interests by contributing their respective direct and indirect interests in Turkcell and Megafon, into a new company. The new company will be established in a western jurisdiction and listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Together the companies hope to create an international operator, with over 90 [...]
EMC to acquire Kazeon Systems
EMC, a player in information infrastructure solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Kazeon Systems, an eDiscovery software provider for corporations, legal service providers, government entities and law firms.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2009, subject to customary closing conditions.
EMC believes the acquisition with help the company to [...]
Former Taiwanese exec indicted in CDT price-fixing conspiracy
A federal grand jury in San Francisco has returned an indictment against a former executive of a Taiwanese colour display tube (CDT) manufacturing company for participating in a global conspiracy to fix prices of CDTs, a type of cathode ray tube used in computer monitors and other specialised applications, the Department of Justice announced on [...]
Austriamicrosystems files patent infringement suit against Melexis
Austriamicrosystems, a designer and manufacturer of analog ICs for communications, industrial, medical and automotive applications, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit regarding magnetic encoder products against Melexis (Belgium) and its German subsidiary Melexis GmbH, at the District Court (Landgericht) in Duesseldorf, Germany.
In its complaint Austriamicrosystems asserts that the sale and distribution of products from Melexis’ [...]
BCD settles patent litigation with Power Integrations
BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing (BCD Semi), an analog integrated device manufacturer specialising in the design, manufacture, and sale of power management integrated circuits, has settled its patent litigation lawsuit with Power Integrations.
BCD has maintained that it did not infringe any patents, and is aware that many of the patent claims in the lawsuit are currently under a [...]
