United Microelectronics Corp. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Vs. Micron
It covers three DDR4, SSD and memory used in graphics cards sold in China.
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on January 16, 2018 at 2:24 pmUnited Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a semiconductor foundry, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Micron Semiconductor (Xi’an) Co., Ltd. and Micron Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in the Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The lawsuit covers three areas that allegedly infringe upon UMC’s patent rights in China, including specific memory applications that relate to DDR4, SSD and memory used in graphics cards.
In the complaint, UMC has requested the court to order the defendant(s) to stop manufacturing, processing, importing, selling and intending to sell the allegedly infringing products, destroy all inventory and related molds and tools and demand that Micron compensate the company for a total amount of RMB 270 million in damages.
UMC has devoted a deal of resources and manpower to R&D semiconductor manufacturing technology. Its achievements can be applied to logic chips or memory chips (DRAM), and the company has applied for patents in various countries while continuing to monitor these patents as market conditions evolve.
After conducting an in-depth review, UMC found that Micron’s products sold in mainland China did indeed infringe upon the patent rights of the company, and thus patent infringement litigation has been pursued in order to obtain fair judgment.
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