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After 17 Years, ams-Osram Wins Multi-Million Dollar Legal Dispute in the USA
The Styrian-Bavarian semiconductor manufacturer ams-Osram has achieved a historic legal success: After almost two decades of litigation in the United States, the company has finally prevailed in a case concerning stolen trade secrets. With a legally binding judgment and a subsequent settlement of around 52 million US dollars, one of the longest and most significant commercial disputes in the industry has come to an end, with a significant signal on the protection of intellectual property.
Integrated circuit from 1989 by AMS on a DOV board. / Picture: © Wikipedia / Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0
The roots of the legal dispute go back to 2004. At that time, the Texan company Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. (TAOS) was in merger talks with the U.S. company Intersil Corporation. As part of these talks, TAOS provided sensitive technical information about its light and proximity sensors under a confidentiality agreement. The merger ultimately did not materialize - but…
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