Macom Announces Final Order of Injunction Against Infineon
The US District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles has entered a preliminary injunction order against Infineon Technologies Americas Corporation.
Amongst other things it bars Infineon from designing, developing, making, marketing, or selling GaN-on-silicon RF products that use IP rights previously owned by Nitronex and now exclusively licensed to the RF and photonic semiconductor company Macom in certain fields, including basestations.
The order further requires Infineon to provide notice of the injunction to all its relevant affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, and customers.
"Our US court system demands an extremely high standard of proof before it will consider issuing a preliminary injunction," commented John Croteau, president and CEO of Macom.
"By upholding Macom's exclusive IP rights and forcing Infineon to inform customers, employees and subsidiaries that it is no longer able to design, develop or market GaN-on-silicon RF products that practice the Nitronex IP in Macom's exclusive field, we believe that the court is sending a very clear message."
He added: "As we have stated in the past, we are fully committed to vigorously litigating this case to its rightful conclusion and stand firmly against any company resorting to strong-arm tactics to usurp the rights of pioneers and innovators who move the industry and society forward with breakthrough technologies like GaN-on-silicon in basestations."
