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Intellectual Property

Jan. 28, 2015

Judge declines to invalidate chipmaker's patent

The court battle between San Jose-based electronic chip rivals Power Integrations Inc. and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. took another turn Monday when a federal judge declined to invalidate a Power Integrations patent.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - The legal battle between electronic chip rivals Power Integrations Inc. and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. took another turn Monday when a federal judge declined to invalidate a Power Integrations patent.


A San Francisco federal jury found in March that Fairchild willfully infringed two Power Integrations patents. Power Integrations Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Internati...

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