Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
May 18 2007 - 7:48PM
Business Wire
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) announced today that it has
filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan-based Alpha
& Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. (AOS). Fairchild alleges that AOS
power transistor products infringe at least four Fairchild U.S.
patents, including Nos. 6,429,481; 6,521,497; 6,710,406; and
6,828,195. Fairchild seeks money damages as well as an injunction
preventing AOS from selling or importing infringing AOS products
into the United States. Fairchild initiated discussions with AOS in
2005 and since then has attempted to negotiate a license to the
Fairchild patents at issue. In a press release dated May 18, AOS
said it had filed a complaint alleging that Fairchild's products
infringed patents purchased by AOS. Fairchild has not been served
with that complaint. Fairchild has reviewed the patents listed in
the AOS press release and believes those patents are either invalid
or not infringed by Fairchild's products. �AOS has chosen to take
this dispute to the courts and we have no choice but to respond in
kind,� said Izak Bencuya, executive vice president and general
manager for Fairchild�s Functional Power Group. �We intend to
enforce our intellectual property rights, preferably through
negotiated license agreements, and if necessary through the
courts.� Special Note on Forward-Looking Statements: This press
release contains forward-looking statements that are based on
management's assumptions and expectations and that involve risk and
uncertainty.�Forward-looking statements usually, but do not always,
contain forward-looking terminology such as �we believe,� �we
expect,� or �we anticipate,� or refer to management's expectations
about the future performance of Fairchild Semiconductor or the
industries and markets we serve. Many factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in
forward-looking statements.�Although we believe we have
noninfringement and/or invalidity defenses to the AOS patents
asserted against us, the results of litigation are difficult to
predict and no assurances can be given that Fairchild will
ultimately prevail in that case or the case we are asserting
against AOS. Our intellectual property and other risk factors are
discussed in the company's quarterly and annual reports filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and available at the
Investor Relations section of Fairchild Semiconductor's web site at
investor.fairchildsemi.com or the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.
About Fairchild Semiconductor: Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS)
is the leading global supplier of high-performance power products
critical to today�s leading electronic applications in the
computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive
segments. Fairchild, The Power Franchise�, offers the industry�s
broadest portfolio of power discrete and analog products that
optimize system power as well as leading signal path components
that complement them. In 2007, Fairchild celebrates its �50/10�
anniversary, commemorating 10 years as a new company and 50 years
in the industry. Known as the �Father of Silicon Valley,� Fairchild
developed the planar transistor in 1958 �� and with it a new
industry. Today, Fairchild is an application-driven, solution-based
product supplier providing online design tools and design centers
worldwide as part of its comprehensive Global Power Resource�.
Please contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com.
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