Altera/Xilinx Patent Litigation.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1994--Altera Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ALTR) announced today that the Federal District Court in San Jose has issued a significant ruling in Altera's patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. suit against Xilinx, Inc. In that suit, Xilinx moved in late June for summary judgment that, as a matter of law, Xilinx's XC3000 and XC4000 product families do not infringe three Altera patents. A hearing on the motion was held on October 14, 1994. On December 6, Judge Robert P. Aguilar denied Xilinx's motion. Altera's suit seeks an injunction to prevent further sales of Xilinx's XC3000 and XC4000 families. The Judge has not yet scheduled a trial date of Altera's patent infringement claims. "We believe the court's ruling is clearly correct," said Martin Baker, Altera's General Counsel. "This ruling puts a stop to Xilinx's efforts to confuse the issues in this case, and will let us move forward to trial on the merits on the merits adj. referring to a judgment, decision or ruling of a court based upon the facts presented in evidence and the law applied to that evidence. A judge decides a case "on the merits" when he/she bases the decision on the fundamental issues and considers . We continue to believe that Xilinx is infringing our patents, and using our patented technology." Altera Corporation, founded in 1983, is a world-wide leader in high-performance, high- density programmable logic devices and associated computer aided engineering (application) Computer Aided Engineering - (CAE) Use of computers to help with all phases of engineering design work. Like computer aided design, but also involving the conceptual and analytical design steps. (CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. ) logic development tools. Programmable logic devices are semiconductor chips that offer on-site programmability to customers. The chips are programmed with tools that run on personal computers or engineering workstations. User benefits include ease of use, lower risk, and fast time-to-market. The Company offers the broadest line of CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. programmable logic devices that address high-speed, high density, and lower power applications. Altera products serve a broad range of market areas, including telecommunications, data communications, computers, and industrial applications. Altera common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market using the symbol ALTR. CONTACT: Altera Corporation Paul Newhagen or Martin Baker, (408) 894-7000 |
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