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Intellectual Property

Jan. 25, 2010

Applied Materials Reaches Settlement

A San Jose judge dismissed a trade secrets theft lawsuit between Santa Clara-based Applied Materials Inc. and a rival company Friday after the companies reached a settlement.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Jose judge dismissed a trade secrets theft lawsuit between Santa Clara-based Applied Materials Inc. and a rival company Friday after the companies reached a settlement.

Under terms of the agreement, announced the day before, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. will pay an undisclosed sum and the two companies will share disputed patents that Applied Materials had said wer...

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