O2Micro International Announces Court Enters Judgment Against Taiwan Sumida and Grants Injunction Against MPS-Based Inverter Modules.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. & GEORGE TOWN George Town, town (1989 pop. 12,921), capital of the Cayman Islands, in the West Indies. It is a major offshore banking and business center, and many companies have subsidiaries there because of the tax advantages. , Grand Cayman Grand Cayman See Cayman Islands. -- O2Micro(R) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM), a leading supplier of innovative power management and security components and systems for the Computer, Consumer, Industrial, and Communications markets, announced today that judgment has been entered and injunction granted in its lawsuit against Taiwan Sumida Electronics Inc. ("Sumida") in the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. in Marshall, Texas, following trial in November 2005. In a memorandum and order entered on April 12, 2006, the Court affirmed the jury's finding that Sumida's infringement was willful, affirmed the jury's finding of validity, awarded the full amount of $4,000,000 in damages including enhanced damages, declared the case exceptional and awarded attorney's fees and cost. The amount of attorney's fees will be subject to a fully supported fee application in accordance with the rules but will not exceed $3,000,000. In addition, the Court rejected a challenge by Sumida to the jury verdict finding of induced infringement and entered judgment in favor of O2Micro. The Court granted Sumida's motion for judgment as a matter of law Judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) is a motion made by a party, during trial, claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case. JMOL is similar to summary judgment, which is a motion made before trial. on contributory infringement because Sumida's sales of its inverter (1) A logic gate that converts the input to the opposite state for output. If the input is true, the output is false, and vice versa. An inverter performs the Boolean logic NOT operation. (2) A circuit that converts DC current into AC current. Contrast with rectifier. products occurred overseas. The court also granted 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. preventing Sumida, its officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and those persons acting in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of the order by personal service or otherwise from manufacturing, using, selling, offering to sell or importing into the United States any inverter modules that infringe claims 1, 2, 9, 12, or 18 of U.S. Patent No. 6,396,722 including but not limited to inverter modules incorporating inverter controllers manufactured by Monolithic Power Systems having model numbers MP 1010, MP 1011, MP 1015, MP 1010B, MP 1017, MP 1018, MP 1025 or belonging to those same families of Monolithic Power Systems inverter controllers, or any colorable False; counterfeit; something that is false but has the appearance of truth. imitation of the inverter modules and/or inverter controllers, that infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,396,722 and from otherwise infringing or inducing others to infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,396,722 for the life of the aforesaid Before, already said, referred to, or recited. This term is used frequently in deeds, leases, and contracts of sale of real property to refer to the property without describing it in detail each time it is mentioned; for example,"the aforesaid premises. patent. Sumida was further ordered to label prominently the inverter module products covered by the order and their accompanying product literature "Not for Sale in, Use in, or Importation into the United States." O2Micro expects that Sumida will file further post-trial motions with the Court challenging the judgment and injunction. Sumida may also appeal the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. About O2Micro Founded in April 1995, O2Micro develops and markets innovative power management, and security components and systems for the Computer, Consumer, Industrial, and Communications markets. Products include Intelligent Lighting, Battery Management, Power Management, SmartCardBus(R) and Security products, such as VPN/Firewall system solutions. O2Micro International maintains an extensive portfolio of intellectual property. The company maintains offices worldwide. Additional company and product information can be found on the company website at www.o2micro.com. O2Micro, the O2Micro logo and combinations thereof are registered trademarks of O2Micro. |
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