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Acer and Asus shut down support for PC and laptops in wake of patent dispute ruling, drivers and updates inaccessible to existing customers — German website finds a workaround (Update)
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Going Too Far: U.S. ITC Demands HBM Trade Secrets from SK Hynix
11 Feb 2026 23:11 GMT
… , Netlist engaged in patent litigation with SK hynix and reached a settlement … claims that SK hynix is manufacturing products using its patents.
Netlist’s … is that since SK hynix, which utilizes its patents, is conducting business …
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Hanmi-Hanwha Legal Clash Intensifies Over TC Bonder Patents
10 Feb 2026 15:06 GMT
… through close collaboration with SK hynix for over 10 years. … bonders infringe on its patents.
Unlike the patent case filed by … Additionally, its alliance with SK hynix is expected to strengthen further … volume it supplies to SK hynix is expected to increase …
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The new treaty is a patent
15 Jan 2026 10:04 GMT
… economic security. Not because patents suddenly got more elegant— … approvals for Samsung and SK hynix for 2026, following a … top of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)—patents you must license to … this:
In strategic industries, patents function like borders, and …
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Korean chipmakers face lawsuit strain from US 'patent trolls'
14 Jan 2026 08:58 GMT
… too obvious.
SK hynix is currently facing separate patent infringement suits filed … $40 million settlement with SK hynix in 2021.
“The problem of … surged since U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires took …
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S. Korean chipmakers feared to be targets of 'patent trolls'
14 Jan 2026 01:06 GMT
… as Washington moves to strengthen patent protection, industry watchers said … Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. post record-breaking … of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office took office, according … Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. (Yonhap)
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Top court backs taxation of overseas-registered patents used in Korea
12 Jan 2026 04:09 GMT
… taxation, even if the patents are not registered domestically, … Court disagreed, holding that “patents registered overseas but used in … overseas-registered patents. In a case brought by SK hynix, the … Korean law when the patent is registered abroad.
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Samsung’s HBM Chip Business Faces Major US Patent Investigation
01 Jan 2026 16:37 GMT
… based company alleges patent infringement. The patents relate to memory … HBM supplier alongside SK Hynix. Any production halt could … Eve
This Samsung HBM patent investigation introduces new … memory products use its patented technology without authorization.
Why …
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‘Daft’ US semiconductor patent proposal is another front in the China trade war Opinion | November 26, 2025 A proposal by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to charge for semiconductor patents on the ‘value’ basis rather…
26 Nov 2025 09:50 GMT
A proposal by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to charge for … semiconductor patents on the ‘value’ basis … (US)
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Patent pruning reshapes semiconductor portfolios amid shifting innovation priorities
12 Nov 2025 16:21 GMT
… SK Hynix, STMicroelectronics and TSMC – around 13.4% of active patent families … technology relevance (citations from subsequent patents) and market coverage (breadth … between pruning activity and measured patent quality. Patents with lower Competitive Impact …
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