The US International Trade Commission decided to investigate a number of companies suspected of infringing a US company's memory chip related patents, involving Taiwan's macro and mainland memory technology
On January 4th, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) announced on its official website that DRAM memory chips and related products exported to the United States by a number of technology companies infringed the US "Tessera, Inc." patent "337 investigation."
According to the ITC announcement, the companies under investigation are mainly Taiwanese companies and US companies, including Acer, Inc. and Acer America Corp, and A-Data Technology. Co., Ltd. and A-Data Technology (USA) Co., Ltd., Nanya Technology Corporation, and Nanya Technology Corp. USA Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., Taiwan's ProMOS Technologies Inc., etc. The only company from mainland China is Shenzhen's Memory Technology Co., Ltd. (Ramaxel Technology Ltd., hereinafter referred to as Memory Technology).
Memory Technology did not accept the interview request of this reporter. According to the company's website, Memory Technology was established in 1997. According to the market research company iSuppli's 2006 ranking, its memory business ranks fourth in the world.
The "337 investigation" originated from Article 337 of the US Tariff Act of 1930. The original intention was to restrict "unfair trade competition behavior" such as product dumping and monopoly trade to the United States. After three major revisions, this clause evolved into Section 1337 of the 1994 General Trade and Competition Act, explicitly authorizing ITC to investigate unfair trade practices involving import infringement on the premise of a US company request. And the ruling; once the judgment violates Section 337, ITC has the right to issue an exclusion order or an injunction order instructing the Customs to prohibit the import and sale of such products.
On December 7, 2007, Tessera of the United States proposed to the US District Court for the Eastern District of the United States and the US International Trade Commission that a number of technology companies infringed on patents related to small-sized BGA semiconductor packaging products and requested that these infringing products be prohibited from being imported and sold. ITC will investigate DRAM chips, DRAM memory modules, and DRAM chips and DRAM memory modules for use in computer systems.
According to the announcement, ITC Administrative Judge Charles E. Bullock has taken over the case and will hold a hearing. The ITC will make a final decision on the investigation as soon as possible. Within 45 business days of the investigation, ITC will determine a target date for completing the survey.
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