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Cree files patent infringement lawsuit against AXT
Cree Lighting Company and Boston University have filed a lawsuit against AXT alleging infringement of a patent relating to buffer layer technology for GaN growth.
Cree Lighting Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cree, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against AXT in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
The lawsuit seeks enforcement of a patent relating to semiconductor devices manufactured using a gallium nitride-based buffer technology.
The patent, US patent no. 5,686,738, entitled "Highly Insulating Monocrystalline Gallium Nitride Thin Films," is owned by Boston University and licensed to Cree Lighting Company on an exclusive basis.
Boston University is a co-plaintiff in the action. The complaint requests damages and an injunction against infringement.
Cree Lighting Company develops solid-state technology for the next generation of lighting and electronics devices using gallium nitride and silicon carbide materials.
