Atmel Collects $37.8M from SST Related to Patent Infringement Lawsuit.Business Editors SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2003 Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ), a worldwide leader in the development, fabrication and sale of advanced semiconductors, today announced that it has collected over $37.8 million from Silicon Storage Technologies, Inc. (SST SST: see airplane. ), constituting the $36.5 million jury award, plus pre- and post-judgment interest, granted in relation to the May 7, 2002, judgment by the District Court for the Northern District of California. The judgment held that SST willfully willfully adv. referring to doing something intentionally, purposefully and stubbornly. Examples: "He drove the car willfully into the crowd on the sidewalk." "She willfully left the dangerous substances on the property." (See: willful) infringed two of Atmel's charge pump patents, and was upheld by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on September 12, 2003. About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using 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. , BiCMOS, SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Atmel and the Atmel logo are the registered trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be the trademarks of others. |
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