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ITC Seeks Comments on Second Section 337 Complaint on Semiconductor Devices

The International Trade Commission seeks comments by March 4 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of semiconductor devices infringe patents held by Longitude Licensing and Marlin Semiconductor Limited, it said in a notice to be published Feb.24. According…

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to the complaint, the complainants are seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Apple, Broadcom, Lenovo, OnePlus, Motorola Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. and Qualcomm to bar from entry "certain foreign-fabricated semiconductor devices, products containing the same, and components thereof" that violate the complainant's patents. The categories of the articles involved are "non-x86 semiconductor devices, consisting of semiconductor wafers or semiconductor dies, manufactured using TSMC’s 7 nm and smaller process nodes outside of the United States."