(Reuters) – Japanese electronics maker Panasonic accused chipmaker Broadcom Corp of violating its legal rights in many personal computer-technologies patents in Texas federal court Thursday.
Panasonic Holdings Corp explained to the court that Broadcom turned down its offers to explore a license to its patent portfolio, which it mentioned included a “wide array” of Broadcom products and solutions.
The two lawsuits say Broadcom products and solutions such as microprocessors, integrated circuits and parts employed in wi-fi networking infringe 10 Panasonic patents.
Broadcom, Panasonic, and Panasonic’s lawyers did not immediately reply to requests for remark.
Panasonic asked the U.S. District Court docket for the Western District of Texas for an unspecified volume of income damages and a courtroom purchase completely blocking Broadcom from violating its patent rights.
The lawsuits also claimed Broadcom infringed the patents willfully, noting that Broadcom had cited some of them in its own patent applications.
Broadcom earlier sued Panasonic, Toyota and other folks in one more Texas court in excess of Toyota infotainment systems it explained violate its patents. The enterprise missing its bid for an import ban at the U.S. Intercontinental Trade Commission dependent on the allegations, and the events agreed to dismiss the Texas scenario in Might.
The instances are Panasonic Holdings Corp v. Broadcom Corp, U.S. District Courtroom for the Western District of Texas, Nos. 6:22-cv-00755 and 6:22-cv-00756.
For Panasonic: John Guaragna, Matthew Satchwell, Brian Erickson and Jake Zolotorev of DLA Piper
For Broadcom: not obtainable
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