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On Tuesday, Auriga Innovations, Inc. filed a complaint for patent infringement against Intel Corporation, HP Inc. (HPI), and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) for their allegedly unauthorized use of seven of Auriga’s microprocessor and semiconductor patents. Auriga brings the civil complaint against the three computer manufacturer defendants in pursuit of declaratory and injunctive relief and damages.
The
Western District of Texas suit states that Auriga is a Delaware
corporation with its principal place of business in Ottawa, Canada. The
defendants are also Delaware businesses with their places of business in
Silicon Valley.
The complaint avers that each defendant is
registered to do business in Texas in support of its affirmative
contention that the court has personal jurisdiction over Intel, HPI, and
HPE. Further, the plaintiff contends, the three defendants have
substantial contacts stemming from their business and physical offices
in Texas sufficient to warrant a finding of both general and specific
personal jurisdiction.
The litigation revolves around seven
technological patents Auriga owns by assignment. Auriga explains that
the evolution of microprocessors and the drive to “create ever-denser
chips with smaller components,” has fueled new trends, including the
development of three-dimensional chip architecture using
metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET). In this
construction, a “gate” is “placed on multiple sides of the channel and
controls the channel current at each such side to perform switching,”
this is referred to as FinFETs. FinFET devices “have significantly
faster switching times and offer higher current density than planar
technology.”
These and other aspects of microprocessor technology
and semiconductor construction and components are the subject of the
defendants’ alleged infringement. The plaintiff claims that the
defendants have and continue to make, use, and sell microprocessor
products or products that incorporate them, like laptop and desktop
computers, infringing on at least one claim for each of the
patents-in-suit.
Auriga is represented by the Tensegrity Law Group, LLP.
Source: lawstreetmedia.com
Author:CHRISTINA TABACCO
Editor:Vapor