Patent Law

The following is excerpted from a January 6, 2009 Tessera Technologies press release available at Business Wire:

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRA) announced that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) action brought by Tessera against certain DRAM manufacturers, Investigation No. 337-TA-630 (DRAM ITC action), has extended the deadline for issuing the Initial Determination in the action from January 14, 2009 to March 6, 2009. Judge Essex cited the Court?s current caseload and responsibilities in other investigations as the reasons for the rescheduled deadline. The date for issuance of the Final Determination (the target completion date) in this investigation has been extended from April 14, 2009 to July 6, 2009.

The respondents in the DRAM ITC action include A-Data Technology Co., Ltd., Acer, Inc., Centon Electronics, Inc., Elpida Memory, Inc., Kingston Technology Co., Inc., Nanya Technology Corporation, Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., Promos Technologies Inc., Ramaxel Technology Ltd., Smart Modular Technologies, Inc., and TwinMOS Technologies, Inc. Tessera is asserting infringement of three Tessera patents, U.S. Patent No. 5,663,106 (?106), U.S. Patent No. 6,133,627 ('627), and U.S. Patent No. 5,679,977 (?977) and is seeking an exclusion order barring import of infringing products that incorporate the patented technology.