Patent Law

The following is excerpted from an October 10, 2008 Tessera press release that appeared at Business Wire:

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA), a leading provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, today provided a status update on certain legal actions.

U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)

  

-- 337-TA-649

 

The seven-day hearing in Investigation Number 337-TA-649 (the Subcon ITC Action) has been rescheduled from Feb. 5, 2009 to March 16, 2009. The ITC granted the parties' request for the extension in part to allow more time for completion of discovery. 

  

Based on the March 16, 2009 hearing date, an Initial Determination on the merits of Tessera's claims is expected to be issued no later than July 2, 2009, and the target date for completion of the investigation is now Nov. 2, 2009. 

  

Tessera filed the Subcon ITC Action asserting infringement of certain patents by Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd., STATS ChipPAC, Ltd., ASE Inc. and ChipMOS Technologies, Inc., as well as several of these companies' affiliates. 

  

-- 337-TA-630

 

The ten-day hearing in Investigation Number 337-TA-630 (the DRAM ITC Action) concluded on Oct. 3, 2008. The Administrative Law Judge's Initial Determination is due by January 14, 2009, and the target date for completion of the investigation is April 14, 2009. 

  

Tessera filed the DRAM ITC Action asserting infringement of certain patents by A-Data Technology Co., Ltd., A-Data Technology (U.S.A.) Co., Ltd., Acer, Inc., Acer America Corp., Centon Electronics, Inc., Elpida Memory, Inc., Elpida Memory (USA) Inc., Kingston Technology Co., Inc., Nanya Technology Corporation, Nanya Technology Corp., U.S.A., Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., Promos Technologies Inc., Ramaxel Technology Ltd., Smart Modular Technologies, Inc., TwinMOS Technologies, Inc., and TwinMOS Technologies USA Inc. 

  

-- 337-TA-605

 

The Administrative Law Judge's Initial Determination in Investigation Number 337-TA-605 (the Wireless ITC Action) is due by Oct. 20, 2008. The target date for completion of this investigation is Feb. 20, 2009.

  

Tessera filed the Wireless ITC Action asserting infringement of certain patents by Advanced Micro Devices, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Motorola, Inc., Qualcomm, Inc., Spansion, Inc., Spansion, LLC and ST Microelectronics N.V. 

  

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

  

-- '666 Patent Re-exam

 

The PTO on Sept. 30, 2008 issued a second office action in the ongoing ex parte reexamination of Tessera's U.S. Patent No. 5,861,666 (the '666 patent), confirming certain claims as valid and maintaining the prior rejections of certain other claims under reexamination. The patent relates to semiconductor packaging technologies used in a variety of applications. This patent is not being asserted in any of Tessera's current legal actions. Tessera has until Oct. 30, 2008 to file its response with the PTO.

See the full release here.