Freescale Files Patent Complaint on MediaTek Integrated Circuits

Freescale Semiconductor filed a Section 337 complaint on May 12 alleging patent infringement by MediaTek integrated circuits and the devices that incorporate them. Freescale says MediaTek makes integrated circuits that infringe its patents, which are then included in televisions, Blu-ray players, smartphones, tablets and other electronics imported and sold by Acer, amTRAN, ASUS, BLU Products, Sharp, Toshiba, TPV Display Technology, Trend Smart, Vizio, Walmart, Amazon, Lenovo, Yamaha, Newegg, B&H Foto & Electronics, Costco, and Buy.com. The complaint singles out the MediaTek MT5396, MT5396 and MT5580 chips used to control televisions, the MT6589, MT6628, and MT8125 used in smartphones, and the MT8551 and MY8555 used in Blu-ray players. Freescale is asking for a general exclusion order against all integrated circuits that infringe its patents, or alternatively limited exclusion orders against each respondent to the violation. It is also asking for cease and desist orders banning import and sale of infringing chips.