LONDON, UK: Infineon Technologies AG, the chip-making company based in Munich, Germany, has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) against Elpida Memory Incorporated, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, seeking to prevent Elpida from importing and selling certain DRAMs in the United States.
In the complaint filed on February 19, 2010, Infineon Technologies AG and its subsidiary Infineon Technologies North America Corporation alleged that Elpida Memory Incorporated engaged in “unfair trade practices” by importing into the United States and selling after the import some DRAM semiconductors and products that infringe 4 patents of Infineon.
These patents, Infineon Technologies claims, include key inventions in device manufacturing and semiconductor processing.
Infineon Technologies was formerly a producer of DRAM in its own name and later through its subsidiary, Qimonda, which is now defunct.
In a statement, Hermann Eul, director (sales, marketing, technology and R&D) of Infineon Technologies, said the company has always been at the forefront of advanced semiconductor-processing technologies and that Infineon will strive to protect its intellectual property rights.
The complaint filed by Infineon Technologies with the United States International Trade Commission seeks an exclusion order that will bar from entry into the United States infringing DRAM semiconductors and products, which are imported by, or on behalf of, Elpida Memory Incorporated.