Silicon Image agreed to license select HDMI-related patents to An...
Silicon Image agreed to license select HDMI-related patents to Analogix, ending a legal battle that included alleged anti-trust violations and misappropriating of trade secrets (CED Aug 1 p1). Analogix also agreed to halt sales of HDMI chips that were…
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pin- or register-compatible with Silicon Image’s products. Terms of the settlement weren’t released. The case was scheduled for trial in U.S. District Court, San Jose. Silicon Image sued Analogix in January 2007, alleging that the chip developer’s ICs violate its copyrights by being designed to “mirror” its products and “mimic” their numbering schemes. As part of a the settlement, Analogix dropped an antitrust suit it filed in June 2007 alleging Silicon Image signed an agreement with Hitachi, Matsushita, Philips, Thomson and Toshiba to revise and release new versions of the HDMI standard that each company must comply with. The companies created the HDMI Licensing arm and the Simplay Labs testing facility and conduct “market-controlling” activities “in secret,” Analogix said.