飞思卡尔向ITC投诉联发科等公司电视芯片专利侵权

美国晶片厂 Freescale(飞思卡尔半导体)控告包含联发科在内的多家厂商侵权，美国国际贸易委员会(ITC)准备开始展开调查，将接受这项调查的厂商包括：日本船井电机(Funai Electric)、新泽西州船井公司(Funai Corporation, Inc., of Rutherford, NJ)、台湾联发科技(MediaTek Inc)、加州卓然公司(Zoran Corporation)。 美国国际贸易委员会发表的一份声明中称，飞思卡尔7月8日所提出的申诉，主要控诉这些公司侵犯其电路讯号反射专利权，违反美国关税法第337节，要求ITC发布禁制令，禁止相关厂商的产品进口至美国销售。对此联发科表示，案件已进诉讼程序，细节部分不便对外说明，不过联发科强调TV晶片出货与营收皆不会因此受到影响。 根据美国国际贸易委员会(USITC)周一在官网上发布的新闻，该委员会已经投票通过，对部分集成电路(IC)、芯片组和电视等包含相关芯片的产品提起侵权调查。按照标准程序，ITC首席行政法官将指定6位法官，然后举行听证会。法官会作出初步判定这些公司是否有侵犯飞思卡尔的专利，并且初审结果会受到整个国际贸易委员的审查后才确定。 ITC表示，调查在45天之内会有初步结果。 业内人士表示，联发科目前营收当中，有7成来自手机芯片，电视芯片比重仅占约10~15％，比例相对低，加上目前联发科把重点摆在中国内地电视市场，因此飞思卡尔这次对联发科提出的诉讼，“警告”的意味更大，对于联发科的营运并不会造成什么实际上的影响。 编译：Luffy Liu 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 参考英文原文：ITC to investigate Freescale complaint against TV chip firms，by Dylan McGrath

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{pagination} ITC to investigate Freescale complaint against TV chip firms Dylan McGrath SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will investigate a complaint brought by Freescale Semiconductor Inc. against TV chip vendors including MediaTek Inc., Zoran Corp. and Funai Electric Co. Ltd., the ITC said this week. The complaint, brought by Freescale (Austin, Texas) June 8, alleges that the chip vendors violate patents held by Freescale and requests that the ITC issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders against infringing ICs, chip sets and TVs containing them, according to a statement issued by the ITC. Following standard procedure, the ITC said its chief administrative law judge would assign the case to one of the ITC's six administrative law judges, who will then schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The judge will make an initial determination as to whether the chips in question violate Freescale's patents, and that initial determination will be reviewed by the entire ITC. Within 45 days after the start of the investigation, the ITC will set a target date for its completion the ITC said. Funai's U.S. subsidiary, based in Rutherford, N.J., was also named in the complaint.