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Intellectual Property

Feb. 13, 2014

Unique patent licensing trial begins in San Jose

Both Realtek Semiconductor Corp. and LSI Corp. took their shots Tuesday morning during opening statements before an eight-member federal jury.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN JOSE - In the first patent licensing trial of its kind in California, attorneys for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. sought to portray opponent LSI Corp. as a ruthless company trying to leverage two low-impact wireless networking patents for maximum royalties.


"This case is really about broken promises - promises LSI has made and broken," said Steven S. Baik, Realtek's lead trial counsel and...

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