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• MPEG LA Sues Apex Digital Again for Breach of MPEG-2 License (Apr. 22, 2009)
  MPEG LA today announced that it has commenced an action against Apex Digital for breach of both a settlement agreement, which resolved a prior action, as well as its contractual obligations as a Licensee to MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License (the “MPEG-2 Contract”).
  
  
• Altera and Zilog Settle Patent Infringement Suit (Apr. 13, 2009)
  Altera today announced settlement of its patent litigation with Zilog, Inc. As part of this agreement, Zilog made a one-time payment of an undisclosed amount to Altera and both parties agreed to dismiss their pending patent infringement lawsuits. All other terms of the agreement are confidential.
  
  
• Expedia Media Sued by MPEG LA for Breach of MPEG-2 License Agreement (Apr. 08, 2009)
  MPEG LA today announced that it has commenced an action against Expedia Media for breach of contractual obligations as a Licensee to MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License.
  
  
• Key Information in Litigation against Semiconductor Industry Uncovered by Article One Partners Community (Mar. 11, 2009)
  Patent Study Results: Rambus has Valid Claims; LSI's Patent in the ITC is Invalid; and LSI Faces Valid Patents Asserted by National Semiconductors
  
  
• Lenovo Sued for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement (Mar. 11, 2009)
  MPEG LA today announced that several patent holders in MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License have filed separate patent enforcement actions against Lenovo for infringing patents essential to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard used worldwide in digital television broadcasting and DVD.
  
  
• U.S. District Court Enters Final Judgment for $397M Against Hynix in Favor of Rambus (Mar. 10, 2009)
  Judgment was entered against Hynix in the amount of approximately $134M for infringement through December 31, 2005 and approximately $215M for its infringement from January 1, 2006 through January 31, 2009. In addition, the Court awarded about $48M in pre-judgment interest to Rambus.
  
  
• Rambus and Hynix Agree on Damages and Terms for Compulsory License (Mar. 10, 2009)
  Rambus today announced that it has agreed in principle to terms for a compulsory license with Hynix for SDR SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory products. A proposed final judgment of $349M in damages, plus pre-judgment interest of approximately $48M has been submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
  
  
• Court Grants Rambus Supplemental Damages in Hynix Case and Orders Negotiation of Compulsory License (Feb. 24, 2009)
  Rambus today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has granted its request for supplemental damages following an earlier jury verdict finding nine Rambus patents valid and infringed by Hynix SDRAM products.
  
  
• United States Supreme Court Denies FTC Request to Review Rambus Matter (Feb. 24, 2009)
  Rambus today announced that the United States Supreme Court has denied a request by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review the Rambus case, bringing to a close its Sherman Act antitrust claims against Rambus.
  
  
• NVIDIA Responds To INTEL Court Filing (Feb. 19, 2009)
  NVIDIA today responded to a Monday court filing in which Intel alleged that the four-year-old chipset license agreement the companies signed does not extend to Intel’s future generation CPUs with “integrated” memory controllers, such as Nehalem.
  
  
• U.S. District Court for Northern California Stays Rambus Case Against Memory Manufacturers (Feb. 04, 2009)
  Rambus today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California stayed the coordinated cases involving memory manufacturers Hynix, Micron, Nanya, and Samsung, in view of a recent ruling from the Delaware District Court. In the Delaware case, the Court ruled that Rambus cannot enforce the patents in suit against Micron due to document spoliation.
  
  
• MPEG LA Updates AVC Patent Portfolio License (Feb. 03, 2009)
  MPEG LA, LLC today announced that the coverage of its AVC Patent Portfolio License has been updated to conform with recent revisions to the AVC/H.264 Standard as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-10:2008, 4th Edition (2008-09-15).
  
  
• MOSAID and Micron Settle Patent Litigation (Feb. 02, 2009)
  Under the terms of the patent license agreement, Micron receives a 10-year license to certain of MOSAID's patents, including a life-of-patents license for all such patents through a defined capture period and a term license for subsequent patents. Micron's Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Flash, and other memory and image sensor products are licensed under the agreement. Micron will make a series of fixed cash payments to MOSAID.
  
  
• MOSAID Issues Statement on Qimonda (Jan. 23, 2009)
  MOSAID today issued the following statement in regards to the announcement that Qimonda AG (Qimonda) has filed a petition in Munich, Germany, to open insolvency proceedings as part of an ongoing restructuring program.
  
  
• Court Declares Rambus Patents in Suit Unenforceable in Micron Delaware Case (Jan. 12, 2009)
  Rambus today announced that the U.S. District Court of Delaware in the patent infringement matter with Micron Technology has found that Rambus cannot pursue its claims against Micron due to spoliation.
  
  
• Silicon Image and Analogix Announce Settlement of Outstanding Litigations (Dec. 05, 2008)
  As part of the settlement, Analogix has agreed effective immediately, not to market or sell HDMI semiconductors worldwide that are pin- or register-compatible with Silicon Image’s HDMI-enabled products or to enter into any licenses to provide HDMI technology for semiconductors that are, or are claimed to be, pin- or register-compatible with Silicon Image’s HDMI-enabled products, except as necessary to fulfill certain existing customer obligations.
  
  
• International Trade Commission Grants Rambus Request for Investigation (Dec. 05, 2008)
  Rambus today announced that, at its request, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has instituted an investigation regarding infringement of Rambus’ patents by NVIDIA Corporation and other companies whose products incorporate the accused NVIDIA products.
  
  
• Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Infineon Technologies (Dec. 01, 2008)
  Fairchild said it believes certain Infineon CoolMOS and OptiMOS branded products, as well as other Infineon IGBT and CanPAK products, infringe one or more claims of eight Fairchild patents.
  
  
• German processor firm alleges Xilinx, Avnet infringe patents (Nov. 27, 2008)
  Pact XPP, a developer of a reconfigurable highly parallel processor architecture, has filed a law suit against FPGA vendor Xilinx Inc. and distributor Avnet Inc. in the Eastern District court of Texas, claiming patent infringement.
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission Files Petition for Certiorari in the Supreme Court in Rambus Case (Nov. 25, 2008)
  Rambus today announced that FTC has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, seeking to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (CADC) in Rambus' favor.
  
  
• Rambus Files Complaint with International Trade Commission (Nov. 07, 2008)
  The complaint seeks an exclusion order barring the importation, sale for importation, or sale after importation of products that infringe nine Rambus patents from the Ware and Barth families of patents.
  
  
• Powerchip Semiconductor Settles Litigation with MOSAID (Oct. 29, 2008)
  Under the terms of the license agreement, Powerchip has been granted a five year, running royalty license under MOSAID's patents for all of its non-foundry Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) and Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory (PSRAM) products. Financial details of the agreement are confidential.
  
  
• Gabriel Technologies Corporation Announces Federal Lawsuit Involving Patent Infringement and Misappropriation of Technology Against Qualcomm Inc. (Oct. 29, 2008)
  The disputed technology involves significant refinements and enhancements to what is commonly known as “assisted GPS.”
  
  
• Target Enters into MPEG-2 License with MPEG LA (Oct. 17, 2008)
  Under the License with MPEG LA, Target will be responsible for paying royalties on its own store branded MPEG-2 products including digital TVs and DVD players sold under the name Trutech®.
  
  
• Nokia set to pay Qualcomm $2.3bn in patent deal (Oct. 16, 2008)
  Hidden away in Nokia's third quarter results was confirmation that the Finnish handset maker will pay Qualcomm Inc. Euros 1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) as part of the patent agreement between the companies.
  
  
• German Court Finds DVD Disc Manufacturer Odeon Infringes MPEG-2 Patents (Oct. 15, 2008)
  The District Court Düsseldorf, Germany recently pronounced 12 verdicts finding that DVD disc manufacturer Odeon Cineplex S.A. (“Odeon”) of Greece, has infringed certain MPEG-2 patents as a result of Odeon’s manufacture of DVD video discs.
  
  
• SiRF & Qualcomm Sign Mutual Patent Non-Assertion Agreement (Oct. 10, 2008)
  SiRF today announced that SiRF and Qualcomm have signed a mutual Patent Non-Assertion Agreement covering each party's patent portfolio.
  
  
• Broadcom Files Suit Asserting Qualcomm's Licensing Practices Violate U.S. Law (Oct. 08, 2008)
  The complaint asserts that Qualcomm's use of "exhausted" patents to control post-sale use of products in the wireless communications industry results in a double recovery of royalties (or other consideration) to Qualcomm for the use of its patents.
  
  
• US Supreme Court Denies Samsung Appeal in Rambus Case (Oct. 07, 2008)
  Rambus today announced that the United States Supreme Court has denied Samsung's request for review in the case stemming from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA).
  
  
• Wi-LAN Litigation Update (Oct. 02, 2008)
  Wi-LAN Inc., a leading technology innovation and licensing company, today provided a litigation update.