AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon
Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB) today announced it has filed a
patent infringement lawsuit against MaxLinear in the Southern District
of California, San Diego Division. This lawsuit continues patent
litigation against MaxLinear that now involves 20 Silicon Laboratories
patents related to RF and mixed-signal design. Silicon Labs intends to
prove that MaxLinear's portfolio of TV, set-top box, and cable tuners
infringes on a number of Silicon Labs' key innovations developed and
adopted by the market over the last decade. Silicon Labs has asked the
court for an injunction stopping the sale of all infringing MaxLinear
products.
Silicon Labs has a track record of innovation and commercial success
derived from inventions covered by an extensive portfolio of 1,200
patented and patent-pending innovations. The company intends to defend
vigorously against any infringement of its core intellectual property.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor
solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size
and power consumption. As a leading developer of RF technology in CMOS,
Silicon Labs has shipped over one billion radio ICs worldwide and has
developed an extensive broadcast patent portfolio which includes more
than 200 patents and applications. For more information about Silicon
Labs, please visit www.silabs.com.
Note to editors: Silicon Laboratories and the Silicon Labs logo are
trademarks of Silicon Laboratories Inc. All other product names noted
herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Shannon Pleasant, 512-464-9254
investor.relations@silabs.com
Source: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
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