March 14, 2024
Rival chipmakers Impinj and NXP have agreed to settle multiple patent infringement suits between them following trial victories for Impinj, in a deal where Impinj said NXP will pay it more than $195 million if the license runs for its entire term.
October 03, 2023
A California federal judge on Tuesday denied Impinj's bid for a permanent injunction against NXP after a July jury verdict finding the semiconductor company infringed two of Impinj's radio frequency identification tracking technology patents.
September 29, 2023
A California federal judge ruled Thursday that an $18 million verdict against NXP for infringing Impinj patents on radio frequency identification tracking technology is "legally inconsistent" and ordered a new trial on whether the claims of one of the two patents at issue are invalid.
July 31, 2023
Seattle-based chipmaker Impinj urged a California federal judge Saturday to permanently block rival NXP from continuing to infringe on its patent or alternatively award royalties, according to the motion filed shortly after a jury handed Impinj an $18 million win over NXP.
July 24, 2023
A California federal judge on Monday denied a request by Seattle-based chipmaker Impinj to reconvene a jury that awarded it over $18 million in its infringement case against NXP to address an inconsistency in the verdict, but allowed the parties to brief alternative remedies.
July 14, 2023
A California federal jury on Friday hit NXP with a verdict worth more than $18 million for ripping off Impinj patents over radio frequency identification tracking technology in microchips used in a wide range of industries to track clothes, bags and inventory.
July 13, 2023
Impinj's counsel urged a California federal jury during closing arguments Thursday to find NXP infringed its patents and award it $18.9 million, while NXP's counsel argued the company can't owe more than $561,000 for the alleged infringement, and the jury should instead invalidate Impinj's patents.
July 12, 2023
A California federal judge opined to attorneys in Impinj's $18.9 million patent trial against rival chipmaker NXP Wednesday that jurors will likely decide the case based on which experts they believe, because "frankly I don't think you can teach the architecture of a semiconductor chip in five days."
July 11, 2023
NXP engineers and a hired expert testified Tuesday that the chipmaker's products didn't copy Impinj's intellectual property, with one witness telling jurors he felt "angry and personally offended" by Impinj's $18.9 million worth of patent infringement claims.
July 10, 2023
A California federal judge said during a midtrial hearing Monday that she'll instruct a jury on the meaning of the word "stage" in a patent in Impinj's $18.9 million trial against NXP, rejecting Impinj's argument that the word's "ordinary" meaning should apply and saying that's "a recipe for mischief."