September 22, 2014
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.
September 18, 2014
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.
September 02, 2014
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.
June 23, 2014
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.