Panasonic lawsuits say Broadcom violated computer tech patents

(Reuters) – Japanese electronics maker Panasonic accused chipmaker Broadcom Corp of violating its legal rights in numerous laptop-technology patents in Texas federal court docket Thursday.

Panasonic Holdings Corp advised the court that Broadcom turned down its provides to focus on a license to its patent portfolio, which it stated lined a “wide array” of Broadcom items.

The two lawsuits say Broadcom products and solutions like microprocessors, integrated circuits and elements used in wi-fi networking infringe ten Panasonic patents.

Broadcom, Panasonic, and Panasonic’s lawyers did not right away react to requests for remark.

Panasonic questioned the U.S. District Courtroom for the Western District of Texas for an unspecified quantity of revenue damages and a courtroom purchase permanently blocking Broadcom from violating its patent rights.

The lawsuits also reported Broadcom infringed the patents willfully, noting that Broadcom experienced cited some of them in its possess patent purposes.

Broadcom formerly sued Panasonic, Toyota and other folks in another Texas court over Toyota infotainment techniques it explained violate its patents. The business shed its bid for an import ban at the U.S. Global Trade Fee primarily based on the allegations, and the get-togethers agreed to dismiss the Texas situation in Could.

The cases are Panasonic Holdings Corp v. Broadcom Corp, U.S. District Courtroom for the Western District of Texas, Nos. 6:22-cv-00755 and 6:22-cv-00756.

For Panasonic: John Guaragna, Matthew Satchwell, Brian Erickson and Jake Zolotorev of DLA Piper

For Broadcom: not obtainable

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