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Mosaid Technologies, an intellectual property and technology licensing firm based out of Canada, has filed a lawsuit against DRAM makers Eplida Memory, Buffalo Inc., and Axiontech in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division. In the lawsuit, Mosaid accuses all three firms of infringing on six of its semiconductor memory patents.
"Elpida is the only major manufacturer of commodity DRAM products that is currently unlicensed to Mosaid's semiconductor memory patents," said John Lindgren, President and CEO of Mosaid. "We have been in active negotiations with Elpida, but have now concluded that we are unlikely to reach a fair settlement within a reasonable timeframe. As a result, we have filed suit to protect the Company's intellectual property rights and to advance the interests of our shareholders."
Mosaid didn't go into great detail about the six patents Eplida and others are allegedly infringing on, saying only that they're in violation by making, using, importing, offering for sale, and/or selling DRAM and other products containing DRAM in the United States.
No other company produces more commodity DRAM products than Elpida, which holds a 16 percent share of the market on total revenues of $6.3 billion (in 2010).
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