Semiconductor Chips: ITC Finds No Patent Violations, Terminates Investigation

The International Trade Commission mostly affirmed a March 2 administrative law judge’s final initial determination, and found no violation of section 337 with respect to Rambus’ patent claims in its investigation of certain semiconductor chips and products containing the same (337-TA-753). ITC therefore terminated the investigation. LSI Corporation and STMicroelectronics, along with their customers Asustek and Asus, Cisco Systems, Garmin International, Hewlett-Packard. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, and Seagate Technology were the only respondents remaining in the investigation, which had originally included Freescale, Broadcom, Mediatek, and NVIDIA.