Subsequent Events
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Subsequent Events |
7. Subsequent Events Silicon Labs Litigation On May 13, 2012, the Company filed a declaratory judgment complaint in United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Silicon Laboratories, or Silicon Labs, as defendant seeking an order that the Company’s CMOS hybrid tuner products, such as the MxL301 and MxL601, do not infringe nineteen (19) patents owned by Silicon Labs. The declaratory judgment complaint further seeks a ruling that the defendant’s patents are invalid. Silicon Labs has filed a motion to dismiss the declaratory judgment complaint and has not yet answered the complaint. No trial date has been set. On July 17, 2012, Silicon Labs filed a complaint for patent infringement against the Company in United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The Silicon Labs complaint asserts that a wide range of the Company’s products infringe a single Silicon Labs patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,035,607, or the ‘607 patent. The ‘607 patent is related to several of the nineteen (19) patents on which the Company filed a declaratory judgment action against Silicon Labs. The Silicon Labs complaint seeks damages and injunctive relief against the Company’s products. The Company has not yet answered the complaint. No trial date has been set. On July 30, 2012, Silicon Labs filed a declaratory judgment complaint in United States District Court for the Western District of Texas against the Company seeking an order that Silicon Labs’ products do not infringe three patents owned by the Company – United States Patent Nos. 7,362,178; 8,198,940; and 7,778,613. The declaratory judgment complaint further seeks a ruling that the patents are invalid. The Company has not yet answered the complaint, and no trial date has been set. |