TSMC, Globalfoundries Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuits
October 28 2019 - 7:50PM
Dow Jones News
By Robert Wall
Chipmakers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and smaller
rival Globalfoundries Inc. said they have settled a tit-for-tat
legal dispute over alleged patent infringement.
The two companies, in a joint statement Monday, said they have
agreed to a broad cross-license agreement and dismissed all
litigation between each other.
Globalfoundries in August kicked off the legal battle when it
alleged in 25 complaints filed across courts in Germany, Texas and
Delaware -- and before the U.S. International Trade Commission --
that TSMC violated more than a dozen patents covering chips and
methods for making them. TSCM countered with its own legal
challenge last month.
GlobalFoundries Chief Executive Thomas Caulfield, in a
statement, said resolving the legal dispute would allow his company
to grow. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Globalfoundries is aiming to
pursue an initial public offering in 2022, Mr. Caulfield previously
told The Wall Street Journal.
TSMC General Counsel Sylvia Fang, in the statement, also
welcomed the settlement.
Write to Robert Wall at Robert.Wall@WSJ.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 28, 2019 19:35 ET (23:35 GMT)
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