Broadcom issues patent suit broadside targeting LG, Mediatek and Funai
Broadcom launched a number of patent infringement lawsuits against Asian and US companies this week, in what looks to be the Singapore-based chipmaker’s first concerted assertion campaign since its reconfiguration through merger last year. The litigation is the latest step in an escalating value-creation effort on the part of the new entity.
The company’s US unit, Broadcom Corporation, filed six suits in the Central District of California on Monday concerning audiovisual technologies. In court documents seen by IAM, Broadcom states that the accused products targeted by the litigation “are generally semiconductor components… such as, for example, various system-on-a-chip (SoC) and similar processing components and circuits” and “consumer audiovisual products incorporating such SoCs, including… digital televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray disc players, DVD players/recorders, DTV/DVD combinations, DTV/Blu-Ray combinations, multimedia streaming players, home theater systems, and other similar audiovisual devices and systems”.
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