Airoha Technology Corp (絡達科技), a subsidiary of handset chip designer MediaTek Inc (聯發科), is facing charges of patent infringement, according to a lawsuit filed by a Texas-based developer of specialized telecommunications integrated circuits (ICs).
Silicon Laboratories Inc said in a press release yesterday that it filed the lawsuit against Airoha, a Hsinchu-based IC maker, in the US Federal District Court in Austin, Texas.
The US company accused Airoha of infringing on two patents relating to mixed-signal ICs with its FM receiver products and said it would seek a “permanent injunction” against the infringing products, according to the release.
“We invest heavily in R&D to build our differentiated technology and must vigorously pursue the defense of our intellectual property,” Silicon Laboratories general counsel Nestor Ho said in the release.
Airoha was established in 2001 at the Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區) and has branch offices in Taipei and Shenzhen, China. The firm was acquired by MediaTek in 2006 from BenQ Corp (明基) for NT$606 million (US$19 million), according to information posted on the company’s Web site.
MediaTek chief financial officer Yu Mingto (喻銘鐸) took over as Airoha chairman last year, replacing Tsai Ming-kai (蔡明介), who is also Mediatek’s chairman.
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