Silicon Storage Technology Inc has seen the patent infringement case filed against it by Intel dismissed by the US District Court in Delaware. The judge ruled that Intel had not established sufficient grounds for the case to proceed. Intel instigated proceedings for patent infringements covering flash memory circuits and memory cell structure last November (CI No 3,294). Sunnyvale, California based Silicon Storage responded with a counterclaim alleging unfair and anti-competitive conduct, and reported Intel’s conduct to the Federal Trade Commission. It claimed that Intel had threatened to sue unless it agreed to license its technology royalty-free and pay royalties itself to Intel. Meanwhile, a San Francisco federal court threw out two patent claims filed against the company by Atmel Corp over flash memory patents.
