Brooktree sues S3 Inc. on multimedia video patent.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 1995--Brooktree Corp. (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 :BTRE BTRE Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (formerly Bureau of Transport Economics; Australia) BTRE Broadcast Television Recording Engineers ) filed suit today against S3 Inc. of Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif., for infringement of U.S. Patent 5,406,306, which was issued to Brooktree on April 11, 1995. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. ). Patent 5,406,306 relates to a multimedia processing and display architecture. In this architecture, frames of graphics and video information are first recorded in a buffer memory. These frames are then processed so that the graphics information can be displayed on a PC monitor, and the video information can be converted to the graphics format and overlaid in a window on the PC monitor. In its suit, Brooktree is seeking 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. to prevent S3 from continuing to sell products, which Brooktree alleges use Brooktree patented technology. These products include the S3 Trio 64V+ Integrated Graphics/Video Accelerator. The company is also seeking a permanent injunction permanent injunction n. a final order of a court that a person or entity refrain from certain activities permanently or take certain actions (usually to correct a nuisance) until completed. and damages incurred as a result of the sales efforts of S3 relating to, and the sales by S3 of, such products. "In our opinion, this is an important patent covering technology resulting from significant investments by Brooktree in research and development dating back to 1988, and Brooktree intends to vigorously protect these investments," said James Bixby, Brooktree 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. . "We have a long and successful history of investing in new technology and protecting these assets. This patent involves core Brooktree technology that we believe is fundamental to both current and future generations of products for low-cost and high-resolution multimedia systems." Brooktree Corp. designs, develops and markets high-performance digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits for computer graphics, multimedia and communications applications. Brooktree has its headquarters in San Diego and employs approximately 600 people worldwide. CONTACT: Brooktree Corp., San Diego James Bixby, 619/535-3303 bix@brooktree.com William Berridge, 619/535-3273 berridge@brooktree.com |
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