May 27, 2025
Light sensor maker AMS has been granted a $51.7 million judgment against a rival in Texas federal court, ending a 17-year-old trade secrets case that has gone through multiple appeals and two trials.
August 10, 2022
A federal judge in Texas has ordered Renesas Electronics to pay more than $3.9 million in attorney fees to Munck Wilson Mandala LLP for its work on behalf of AMS Sensors USA Inc. in a 13-year-old trade secrets case stemming from stolen light sensor technology.
July 25, 2022
A Texas federal judge rejected Renesas Electronics' bid to send a 13-year-old trade secrets suit to trial for the third time Monday, keeping intact a $48 million win for the Austrian-owned electronics company AMS Sensors USA Inc.
April 27, 2022
Lawyers for an Austrian-owned electronics company have asked a Texas federal judge to allow them to collect over $4.3 million in fees from losing party Renesas Electronics at what could be the end of a decadelong trade secrets saga, if the now-$48 million case doesn't head to a jury for a third time.
March 07, 2022
A Texas federal judge has found that light sensor maker Renesas Electronics America Inc. must fork over more than $48 million to AMS Sensors USA Inc. in a trade secrets and contract suit.
December 15, 2021
A Texas federal judge has found that light sensor maker Renesas Electronics America Inc. is liable for about $8.5 million in disgorgement to AMS Sensors USA Inc. in a trade secret and contract suit.
August 13, 2021
A Texas federal judge has ruled that under Texas law, AMS Sensors USA Inc. can only seek $17 million of the $64 million in exemplary damages a jury awarded it following a retrial on damages in a trade secret and contract suit against rival light sensor maker Renesas Electronics America Inc.
April 16, 2021
An Eastern District of Texas jury determined Friday that Renesas should pay damages of nearly $85.9 million in a trade secrets and contract suit brought by rival light sensor maker AMS Sensors, although a Renesas attorney insisted the award will ultimately be much lower.
March 16, 2021
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday said he wouldn't be postponing a damages retrial in a trade secrets dispute over light sensors after the sudden death of one of the parties' attorneys, rejecting defendant Renesas Electronics America Inc.'s request to push the trial back by 60 days.
March 15, 2021
A Texas lighting company asked a federal court not to delay a damages retrial in a $59 million trade secrets dispute over light sensors despite the sudden death of one of its rival's attorneys, arguing Monday that he only got involved in the case recently and never took a deposition in its 13-year history.