ITC Begins Section Another 337 Investigation on Flash Memory Chips
The International Trade Commission on May 29 voted to begin a Section 337 investigation into allegedly patent infringing imports of non-volatile memory chips. Spansion requested the investigation April 29, alleging Macronix makes flash memory chips that infringe its Spansion’s patents, which are then incorporated into products imported and sold by Acer, ADT, Amazon.com, ASRock, ASUS, Belkin, D-Link, Leap Motion, Lowe’s, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sercomm, and Vonage. Spansion is requesting an exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning import and sale of infringing flash memory chips by the following respondents:
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- Macronix International Co., Ltd. of Hsin-chu, Taiwan
- Macronix America, Inc. of Milpitas, Calif.
- Macronix Asia Limited of Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
- Macronix (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. of Hong Kong
- Acer Inc. of New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Acer America Corporation of San Jose, Calif.
- ADT Corporation of Boca Raton, Fla.
- Amazon.com, Inc. of Seattle, Wash.
- ASRock Inc. of Taipei City, Taiwan
- ASRock America, Inc. of Chino, Calif.
- ASUSTek Computer Inc. of Tapei, Taiwan
- ASUS Computer International of Fremont, Calif.
- Belkin International, Inc. of Playa Vista, Calif.
- D-Link Corporation of Taipei City, Taiwan
- D-Link Systems, Inc. of Fountain Valley, Calif.
- Leap Motion, Inc. of San Francisco, Calif.
- Lowe's Companies, Inc. of Mooresville, N.C.
- Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. of Wilkesboro, N.C.
- Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash.
- Nintendo Co., Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan
- Nintendo of America, Inc. of Redmond, Wash.
- Sercomm Corporation of Taipei, Taiwan
- Vonage Holdings Corp. of Holmdel, N.J.
- Vonage America Inc. of Holmdel, N.J.
- Vonage Marketing LLC of Holmdel, N.J.
(ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-916)