Atmel Reports That U.S. Customs Detains SST, Sanyo and Winbond's ``Redesigned'' Products.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2001 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) today confirmed that in accordance with publicly available documents filed separately with the Court of International Trade (CIT n. 1. A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; - used contemptuously. Which past endurance sting the tender cit. - Emerson. ) by Silicon Storage Technologies, Inc. (SST SST: see airplane. ) and Winbond Electronics Corporation of Taiwan and Winbond Electronics North America Corporation of California (collectively, Winbond), the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) has detained their shipments of alleged redesigned flash devices upon determining that such products fall within the scope of the October 16, 2000 Limited Exclusion Order issued by the International Trade Commission in Investigation No. 337-TA-395 ("the Exclusion Order"). Further, Atmel confirms that in response to SST and Winbond's filings of formal complaints and requests for a preliminary injunction A temporary order made by a court at the request of one party that prevents the other party from pursuing a particular course of conduct until the conclusion of a trial on the merits. A preliminary injunction is regarded as extraordinary relief. against Customs for detaining their alleged new parts, the CIT issued an order, allowing Customs to continue detainment of current and future shipments of SST and Winbond's alleged redesigned flash parts and preventing the shipments from entering into the United States for consumption, pending resolution of SST and Winbond's request for a preliminary injunction. According to Atmel's litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. counsel, Julie Mar-Spinola, "Atmel is pleased that Customs has enforced the Exclusion Order in the manner in which we believe the ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → intended. Custom's determination that the alleged redesigned semiconductor devices fall within the scope of the Exclusion Order means that, contrary to representations by SST and Winbond, both old and new products will not be permitted entry into the United States for consumption pending resolution by the CIT." About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, with principal manufacturing facilities in Colorado Springs, Colo., Nantes and Rousset and Grenoble, France and Heilbronn, Germany. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets on a worldwide basis advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory, and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using advanced 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, BiPolar and SiGe process technologies. Atmel product and financial information can be retrieved from its Fax-on Demand service. In North America call 800/292-8635. Internationally from a fax phone, dial 408/441-0732. Requests may be sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's website at http://www.atmel.com. |
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