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Kilopass Versus Sidense-September 12, 2011 |
There are times when an observer of our industry feels like he is looking at a strange experiment gone mad. This was my case in the last few days when I received press releases from both Kilopass and Sidense regarding the latest developments in their patent infringement legal battle.
Kilopass sued Sidense for patent infringement on May 2010. The press release lists five of its patents on the 1T antifuse technology as being specific to the suit. A number of legal maneuvers ensued, all ostensibly going in favor of Kilopass, at least according to my understanding. In February of this year the US Patent Office validated one of the three key Kilopass patents as belonging to Kilopass. It rejected the claim on two others pending Kilopass rebuttal. Both companies continued to pursue the legal proceedings.