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BCD settles patent litigation with Power Integrations

By Team Diginews4u ⋅ February 12, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

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 final rejection in re-examination proceedings ongoing in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The company has agreed to settle these patent claims for business reasons.

The consent judgment states that BCD Semi voluntarily accepts patent settlement, makes no payment to Power Integrations, and agrees not to sell the AP3700, AP3710 or hybrid Integrated Circuits with the same frequency dithering circuits in the United States. In addition, BCD Semi has agreed not to sell such products for end use in the US market.

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