Apple chip supplier countersues GlobalFoundries25 infringed patents at the heart of latest litigation
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Apple chip supplier TSMC has countersued GlobalFoundries.
GlobalFoundries is alleged to have infringed 25 TSMC patents.
GlobalFoundries previously sued TSMC in August this year, seeking to prevent imports of affected products in the U.S. and Germany.
Apple's chip supplier, TSMC, has countersued rival GlobalFoundries in the latest development surrounding a legal dispute over patent infringement between the two chip suppliers. TSMC alleges that Global Foundries infringed on no less than 25 of its patents, in a lawsuit filed September 30.
According to Reuters, the Taiwan-based company is seeking injuctions against GlobalFoundries to stop the manufacture and sale of chips that infringe on 25 TSMC patents. The move is almost certainly a direct counter to previous action taken against TMSC last month.
In August of this year, GlobalFoundries sued TSMC over the alleged infringement of 16 of its patents. That law...
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Apple chip supplier countersues GlobalFoundries
