Macronix: Take Vigorous Actions Against Spansion's Patent Allegations

(RTTNews) - Macronix International Co. Ltd., a provider of non-volatile memory solutions, announced that it will take vigorous actions against the patent litigations filed by Spansion Inc. (CODE) in the U.S. International Trade Commission or "ITC" and the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California.

Macronix stated that it will defend its products and assist its customers in defending such claim of Spansion to demonstrate that Macronix does not infringe Spansion's patents duly granted.

Last week, Spansion announced that it filed complaints against Macronix to address past and ongoing widespread violations of Spansion's patents in a broad and growing range of Macronix NOR Flash and XtraROM memory products.

The six patents asserted relate to the manufacturing and structure of flash memory chips and to the security of memory cells.

Flash memory is a critical part of billions of dollars worth of consumer electronics such as cartridges for gaming devices, digital cameras, networking equipment, set-top-boxes, and notebook and tablet computers.

Spansion's ITC complaint sought to exclude infringing Macronix Flash memory devices and all downstream products from the US market. While Macronix was the subject of these litigations, Spansion also named some manufacturers of downstream products containing Macronix infringing devices in its ITC complaint, consistent with current ITC procedures.