Silicon Labs and MaxLinear settle their differences
Silicon Labs and MaxLinear Inc. have announced a satisfactory settlement of all litigation between the two companies.
MaxLinear has granted Silicon Labs a license to its substantial patent portfolio for the accused Silicon Labs products. As part of the settlement, the two companies have agreed to enter into a three-year covenant not to sue. The companies have also agreed to dismiss all pending cases.
Silicon Laboratories Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against MaxLinear in the Southern District of California, San Diego Division in July 2012. The lawsuit continued patent litigation against MaxLinear and involved 20 Silicon Lab patents related to RF and mixed-signal design.
Silicon Labs intended to prove that MaxLinear's portfolio of TV, set-top box, and cable tuners infringed on a number of Silicon Labs' key innovations developed and adopted by the market over the last decade.
Silicon Labs is an innovator of high-performance, analogue-intensive and mixed-signal ICs and specialises in mixed-signal design.
MaxLinear, Inc. is a provider of radio-frequency and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for broadband communications applications.
Both companies have a diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor solutions offering customers significant advantages in performance, size and power consumption.
