A United States International Trade Commission Judge has ruled that Intel did not infringe on the patents of X2Y Attenuators, who filed a complaint for patent infringement in mid-2011.
X2Y’s complaint focuses on activities at test and assembly plants in Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines and China. Intel uses several plants in other countries for the final assembly of electronic products.
The patents cover methods of overcoming electromagnetic interference that can be damaging to electronics.
“X2Y approached Intel over a decade ago and explained how X2Y’s technology would improve Intel’s products if Intel wished to take a license,” the company said in a statement on its website. “Intel did not take a license, but appears to have adopted X2Y’s technology anyway.”
U.S. ITC Judge David Shaw determined Friday that Intel did not infringe on X2Y’s patents. The judge’s decision will be reviewed by the full commission, which has the power to block product imports that infringe U.S. patents.
