ams Sensors USA Inc. v. Intersil Corporation

  1. August 10, 2022

    Munck Wilson Picks Up $3.9M Fees For Trade Secrets Win

    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.

  2. July 25, 2022

    Light Sensor Co. Can't Undo $48M Trade Secret Trial Loss

    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.

  3. April 27, 2022

    Attys Seek $4.3M In Fees For 13-Year Trade Secrets Suit

    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. 

  4. March 07, 2022

    AMS Scores $48M Win In Texas Trade Secrets Fight

    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.

  5. December 15, 2021

    Judge OKs $8.5M Disgorgement In AMS Trade Secrets Case

    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.

  6. August 13, 2021

    EDTX Judge Cuts $86M AMS Sensors Win, Citing Texas Law

    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.

  7. April 16, 2021

    Jury Awards AMS Sensors $86M In EDTX Trade Secrets Trial

    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.

  8. March 16, 2021

    Texas Judge Won't Delay IP Damages Trial After Atty's Death

    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.

  9. March 15, 2021

    Atty Death Shouldn't Stall IP Damages Trial, Plaintiff Says

    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.

  10. February 23, 2021

    Lighting Co. Says Foe Can't Challenge Liability In $59M Retrial

    A Texas lighting company has asked a federal court to prohibit its rival from challenging a jury's punitive damages liability finding against it in a $59 million patent and trade secrets dispute over light sensors during a new damages trial that is set to begin in April.

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