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Tessera Technologies, the chip-packaging company that has been on the losing end of multiple decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office in its re-examination of patents Tessera has accused a number of chip makers of infringing before the International Trade Commission, said it reached a settlement with one of them.

Peripheral Devices & Product Systems, which operates under the trade name Patriot Memory, Read the rest of this entry »

Tessera Technologies, the San Jose developer of electronics miniaturization technologies, said it has a new chief executive, “effective immediately”, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. Taking over is Hank Nothhaft, currently vice chairman of Tessera’s board.

Outgoing CEO Bruce McWilliams, who is “transitioning to a new role as Read the rest of this entry »

Tessera Technologies lost another “office action” regarding patent claims involved in two investigations before the International Trade Commission, although you wouldn’t know that based on the release the company put out today. The patents, which are related to semiconductor packaging technologies, are being reexamined by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office on behalf of several companies Tessera has accused of infringing on them.

A dueling release from the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, which represents Siliconware Precision Industries in the matter, gave a bit more information about the “office action” to which Tessera alluded, saying that the USPTO has rejected Read the rest of this entry »

Tessera Technologies, the San Jose provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, said the U.S. Patent and Trade Office issued a decision late Friday regarding its re-examination of Tessera’s U.S. Patent No. 6,433,419, which relates to
semiconductor packaging technologies used in the wireless industry. Read the rest of this entry »