MediaTek Inc. v. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

  1. September 22, 2014

    Freescale, MediaTek Cut 11th Hour Deal Amid $23M IP Trial

    Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and MediaTek Inc. have reached an undisclosed global settlement in their ongoing chip-patent infringement war, the companies announced Monday just as a California federal jury was to begin deliberating in MediaTek's $23.4 million trial accusing rival Freescale of copying three patents.

  2. September 18, 2014

    MediaTek Chalks First Patent Win In Freescale Chip Trial

    The California federal judge presiding over MediaTek Inc.'s patent-infringement jury trial against Freescale Semiconductor Inc. ruled Wednesday that Freescale is liable for infringing one of MediaTek's three asserted patents on features in consumer-electronics chips, but that it will be up to the jury to calculate damages.

  3. September 02, 2014

    Freescale Owes $23M For Copying IP, MediaTek Tells Jury

    Freescale Semiconductor Inc. should pay $23.4 million in royalties for infringing three MediaTek Inc. patents on features in consumer-electronics chips, including chips Freescale sold to Amazon Inc. for its Kindles, MediaTek told a California federal jury Tuesday during opening statements in the rival semiconductor companies' trial.

  4. June 23, 2014

    Freescale Wins Battle But Not War Over MediaTek Chip Patent

    Semiconductor maker MediaTek Inc. on Friday lost an infringement battle over one claim on a patented chip feature, but was told by a California federal judge it may still have a case against competitor Freescale Semiconductor Inc. in the war between the two over elements of chips for mobile phones.