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Advantest to Continue Patent Battle with TechWing
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TOKYO, Japan, February 1, 2007 - Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE:ATE), filed an action for an injunction and compensation for damages against TechWing, Inc. (CEO: Jae-Gyun Shim, headquarters: Hwaseong City, Republic of Korea; hereinafter "TechWing") on grounds that TechWing's two memory test handler models (TW282 and TW292) infringe Korean patents (Patent Nos. 292831, 312093 and 355422) owned by Advantest. TechWing also filed an action for a confirmation that the above Korean patents were invalid (hereinafter "confirmation of invalidity") and that TechWing's products were held not to fall within the scope of above Korean patents. The injunction case is still pending before the court in Korea.
Regarding the confirmation of invalidity, the Patent Court of Korea ruled on February 1st, 2007 that Advantest's Korean patent (No. 312,093) was invalid.
Today's ruling is not final and conclusive, and may be overturned by a higher court. Advantest has not yet received written confirmation of the ruling. On reception of this written confirmation, Advantest will make a decision on how to proceed with both this ruling and the ruling of January 18th, 2007.
Advantest has also filed a suit against TechWing in Taiwan, seeking a suspension of imports to that country of the TechWing test handlers that allegedly infringe Advantest patents. It is hoped that the Taiwanese court will grant Advantest an injunction that would prevent these handlers from being imported and / or sold. Further, should it be revealed that TechWing appears to have infringed any other of Advantest's patents, Advantest will consider filing a new lawsuit against TechWing.
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Advantest Corporation is the world's leading automatic test equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, and also produces electronic and optoelectronic instruments and systems. A global company, Advantest has long offered total ATE solutions, and serves the industry in every component of semiconductor test: tester, handler, mechanical and electrical interfaces, and software. Its logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982, in the USA, and now has 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Among them, Advantest America, Inc. is based in Santa Clara, CA., and Advantest (Europe) GmBH is based in Munich, Germany. More information is available at www.advantest.co.jp. |
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All information supplied in this release is correct at the time of publication, but may be subject to change without warning. |
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