Tuesday, May 17, 2011

ITC ruling in Analog Devices/Knowles dispute over MEMS technology

A Bloomberg/BusinessWeek post begins:

Analog Devices Inc. said Wednesday that the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled in its favor in a patent case. But its opponent, Knowles Electronics LLC, sought to tamp down the significance of the ruling saying that the manufacturing process that it currently uses is not affected.

Later, the post states:

Still, Analog Devices said it is seeking damages for past sales of the microphones.

but neglects to mention that the ITC does not award damages.

The technology at issue is micro-electromechanical systems [MEMS].

**Footnote. The above-noted post appeared on IPBiz on May 12, 2011, but vanished in a day or so. It was one of several to vanish. It re-appeared on IPBiz on May 17, 2011 at around 8:17am (eastern), without its link. The post "Blogspot" noted:

In particular, posts including the following vanished:

Rea pushes "America Invents Act" 2 days ago
Something new to fear from bed bugs? 2 days ago
ITC ruling in Analog Devices/Knowles dispute over MEMS technology 2 days ago
Sen. Blumenthal invokes patent application against Google 2 days ago
Boston Scientific wins patent award from Cordis 2 days ago
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1 Comments:

Blogger Big J. said...

There is a co-pending Federal District Court Case in Delaware in which Analog Devices can (and is) seeking damages.

7:29 AM  

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