O2Micro Wins Appeal Affirming Patent Infringement Judgment and Injunction in Lighting Technology
November 28 2011 - 8:30AM
O2Micro
® International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM)
announced today that on Friday, November 18, 2011, the US Court of
Appeals in the Federal Circuit (O2 Micro International Ltd v.
Beyond Innovation Technology; and FSP Technology, Inc., FSP Group,
and Lien Chang Electronic Enterprise Co., Ltd., Case No. 2011-1054)
affirmed the ruling that products using accused Beyond Innovation
Technology ("BiTEK") DC to AC converters infringe on two of
O2Micro's US patents relating to High-Efficiency Adaptive DC/AC
Converter (Patents Nos. 6,259,615 and 6,396,722).
Furthermore, the permanent injunction originally entered in
favor of O2Micro on March 21, 2007, remains in effect, and BiTEK
customers must refrain from manufacturing, using, selling, offering
to sell or importing into the United States any inverter
controllers or modules that infringe the asserted claims of
these O2Micro patents, including but not limited to, inverter
controllers having model numbers BIT 3105 or BIT 3106, or belonging
to those same families, or any colorable imitation of the
infringing inverter modules and/or inverter controllers for the
life of the above O2Micro patents. The injunction also orders
BiTEK to label prominently on its inverter
controller or module products covered by the order and
accompanying product literature "Not for Sale in, Use in, or
Importation into the United States."
This ruling is the second of companion cases filed by BiTEK
heard by the court this year. The first ruling summarily affirmed
the sanctions (including awarding O2Micro attorneys' fees and
litigation costs) against BiTEK for its trial misconduct (O2 Micro
International Ltd v. Beyond Innovation Technology; and John D. Van
Loben Sels; and FSP Technology, Inc., FSP Group, and Lien Chang
Electronic Enterprise Co., Ltd., Case No. 2011-1031).
About O2Micro
Founded in April 1995, O2Micro develops and markets innovative
power management and e-commerce components for the Computer,
Consumer, Industrial, and Communications markets. Products include
Intelligent Lighting, Battery Management, and Power Management.
O2Micro International maintains an extensive portfolio of
intellectual property with 17,633 patent claims granted, and over
18,000 more pending. The company maintains offices worldwide.
Additional company and product information can be found on the
company website at www.o2micro.com.
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projections, plans or predictions of the future, are
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those set forth in these statements. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and
uncertainties such as reduced demand for products of electronic
equipment manufacturers which include O2Micro's products due to
adverse economic conditions in general or specifically affecting
O2Micro's markets, technical difficulties and delays in the
developments process, and errors in the products. You are also
referred to the Form F-1 in connection with the company's initial
public offering in August 2000, Form F-3 in connection with the
company's public offering in November 2001, and the annual reports
on Form 20-F, which identify important risk factors that could
cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. The company assumes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACT: Gary E. Abbott
Director of Investor Relations, O2Micro
Phone: 408.987.5920, x8888
Email: gary.abbott@o2micro.com
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