With guidance from Irell partner Benjamin W. Hattenbach, San Jose-based Tessera Technologies Inc. transitioned from defendant in two contentious patent licensing lawsuits to the beneficiary of a $176 million settlement.
The lawsuits were filed by Taiwanese chip packaging company Powertech Technology Inc., which had entered into a licensing agreement with Tessera in 2003.
The business relationship turned acrimonious when Tessera, a San Jose-based patent...
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