Diseree used our news submit to tell us
that on Thursday, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., filed a lawsuit against
MediaTek Inc., charging the manufacturer of unauthorised use of three
of their chips and thus infringing upon Matsushita's
patents.
Matsushita is seeking
damages as they say talks have broken down with MediaTek concerning a
licensing agrement for the chips. In addition, Matsushita
is placing a court order as
well, in an effort to stop U.S. sales of any MediaTek
products that make use of their technology.
 California, USA - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California charging MediaTek Inc. with infringement of three Matsushita patents by certain MediaTek integrated circuit chips.
The suit also names two
companies whose DVD devices use the MediaTek IC chips, OPPO Digital, Inc.
and Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. The filing came after negotiations
between Matsushita and MediaTek failed to result in MediaTek's agreement
to take a license. Being one of the largest consumer electronics companies
in the world, Matsushita is committed to protecting its innovations
through vigorous enforcement of its intellectual property rights.
Matsushita filed this lawsuit to prevent MediaTek's further unlicensed use
of Matsushita's patented technology. |
The original press release can be found by following link to the Panasonic
page.
Source: Panasonic
