Atmel and ISD Settle Patent Infringement Dispute.Business Editors and High-Tech/Legal Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2000 Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) and Information Storage Devices, Inc. (ISD See IDD. ) jointly announced today that they have settled their respective disputes concerning Atmel's assertions of 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. and misappropriation misappropriation n. the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate, or by any of trade secrets by ISD and ISD's assertions of related counterclaims against Atmel, which were pending before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Case No. C95-01987SC). Pursuant to the parties' settlement agreement, Atmel granted ISD a license to certain technology, including U.S. Patent No. 4,511,811, entitled "Charge Pump for Providing Programming Voltage to the Word Lines in a Semiconductor Memory Array." All other terms of the agreement are confidential. "Atmel believes that this agreement meets the objectives of both companies," said Julie Mar-Spinola, Atmel's director of 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. and Intellectual Property. "We are very pleased with the result," said George Perlegos, Atmel's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . ISD's president, Archie Yeh, said, "We are pleased to end the dispute amicably with Atmel. The dismissal of the case not only frees us from litigation burden, but also gives both parties a good basis for more collaborations in the future." About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with principal manufacturing facilities in Colorado Springs, Colorado The City of Colorado Springs is the second most populous city (after Denver) in the state of Colorado and the 48th most populous city in the United States.[4] The city is the county seat of El Paso County. , 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. About ISD As the Voice Solutions in Silicon(TM) Company, ISD provides essential products to the communications, consumer, automotive, medical and industrial marketplaces using its proprietary technologies. The company was acquired by Winbond Electronics Corporation in 1998 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of that company. ISD products are sold and marketed by Winbond. For more information, ISD's World Wide Web page is located at www.isd.com. 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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