据悉,飞思卡尔半导体公司已经就专利侵权一案,再次向美国国际贸易委员会(ITC)提出上诉,被告包括联发科技(MediaTek Inc.)、卓然公司(Zoran Corp.),以及其他涉及侵权的公司。ITC官方通过网络表示,暂未决定是否接受此诉讼。
目前,CSR公司(英国剑桥)正在以484万美元的价格,收购
卓然(加州桑尼维尔)中。
联发科对此表示,诉讼不会影响公司运营。
飞思卡尔(德克萨斯州,奥斯汀)称,联发科(台湾新竹),卓然和其他涉案公司,违反美国规范进口产品的关税法第337条,侵犯公司某种集成电路、芯片组以及包括电视在内产品的专利权。其他被告包括电视制造商和子公司,以及涉及到运送电视的企业,包括Vizio,三洋电机和冠捷电子。
飞思卡尔已要求该委员会针对专利侵权事件进行调查。
这已经不是第一次了,今年6月,飞思卡尔在ITC控告联发科等企业侵权,挑起芯片专利大战。11月13日,联发科在美国反诉飞思卡尔侵权。
然而,此项诉讼不可能在短时间内影响到联发科、卓然或
CSR。因为按照国际贸易委员会的风格,这种上诉可以等上16个月才有答复。
业内人士表示,如果ITC裁定联发科等企业违反关税法第337条,最严重的情况就是发布禁止禁口令,届时将禁止相关产品输入美国。
分析师指出,近期科技产业从智能手机、面板到芯片都面临国际大厂专利诉讼威胁,但专利诉讼多数都是属于商业手段,双方多次互告都是预料中的事情。此次飞思卡尔再次起诉联发科,是双方正对电视芯片专利法律诉讼的其中一个行动,预计短期内不会影响联发科营运。
编译:
Luffy Liu
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参考英文原文:Freescale files claim against MediaTek, Zoran – again,by Peter Clarke
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Freescale files claim against MediaTek, Zoran – again
Peter Clarke
LONDON – Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) accusing MediaTek Inc., Zoran Corp., and others of patent infringement, the ITC has said by way of an online posting of pending complaints.
Zoran (Sunnyvale, Calif.) is in the process of being acquired by CSR plc (Cambridge, England) for about $484 million.
Freescale (Austin, Texas) alleges that MediaTek (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Zoran and others have infringed on Freescale's IC, chipset and other components used in televisions. Other cited respondents included television makers and subsidiaries and others involved in shipping televisions into the United States including Vizio Inc., Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. and Top Victory Electronics.
Freescale has requested that the commission institute an investigation into the alleged patent infringement.
This is not the first time that Freescale has filed a complaint with the ITC against MediaTek and Zoran. In July Freescale also asked the ITC to investigate MediaTek and Zoran along with television maker Funai Electric Co. Ltd.
However, the action is unlikely to have any immediate impact on MediaTek, Zoran or CSR. Such ITC claims can be pending for 16 months. Freescale's earlier filing against MediaTek, Zoran and Funai has a target date of Nov. 13, 2012.
责编:Quentin