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ITC Terminates Another TV Integrated Circuit Patent Investigation

The International Trade Commission ended its Section 337 patent investigation of certain integrated circuits, chipsets, and products containing same including televisions (337-TA-822), because all parties agreed to termination. A previous ITC patent investigation of integrated circuits, chipsets, and products containing same (337-TA-786) had found a patent claim asserted by Freescale to be invalid due to obviousness. Because Freescale’s case in this investigation was also based on that patent claim, the company agreed to termination when it was requested by the respondents.

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(See ITT’s Online Archives 12011017 for summary of the institution of this investigation. See also ITT’s Online Archives 12091724 for summary of the ITC determination of no violation because of the obviousness of Freescale’s patent in the earlier integrated chipsets patent investigation.)