WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 DC-Broadcom-Corpora
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation
(Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless
communications, announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission
(ITC) has affirmed an Initial Determination that SiRF Technology Holdings,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRF) infringes three GPS-related patents held by Global Locate,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadcom.
The ITC also said that it would review the findings regarding three
additional patents that SiRF was found to infringe.
"We are pleased that the ITC affirmed the Initial Determination that SiRF
infringed three of our patents, and also confirmed the validity of all six
patents. We are confident that the full Commission will ultimately affirm the
findings of SiRF's infringement on the three remaining patents at issue. We
also look forward to moving expeditiously to the remedy phase against SiRF,"
said David Rosmann, Broadcom's Vice President, Intellectual Property
Litigation.
The ITC's notice of review, filed today, comes after a two week trial
earlier this year and a subsequent determination by ITC Administrative Law
Judge Carl C. Charneski that SiRF infringes six GPS-related patents held by
Global Locate. The six patents that SiRF was found to infringe are United
States patents 6,417,801; 6,937,187; 6,606,346; 7,158,080; 6,704,651; and
6,651,000 -- relating to extended ephemeris assistance (Long Term Orbits),
calculating time in GPS receivers, enhancing sensitivity in assisted GPS
systems, and implementing hardware structures for parallel correlation. The
findings subject to review involve the '346, '651 and '000 patents.
The ITC will now decide whether to implement the judge's proposed remedies
against SiRF, which include a permanent exclusion order barring the
importation into the United States of infringing SiRF chips and all downstream
products that incorporate those chips, including personal navigation devices
(PND), GPS modules and receivers, personal digital assistants (PDA), and
cellular telephones. The ITC will also decide whether to follow the trial
court's proposal to issue a cease and desist order barring SiRF from further
use or sale of infringing products in the United States. Judge Charneski
recommended these remedies in his Initial Determination.
The Commission has set a target date of December 8 to issue its Final
Determination and remedy order.
In addition to this ITC investigation, Broadcom's claims of infringement
against SiRF's multimedia processors and GPS receivers in the U.S. District
Court in Santa Ana, Calif, will move forward after SiRF's motion to stay the
case was denied last month.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in
semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom(R) products
enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the
home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's
broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software
solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital
entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These
solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(R).
Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies,
with 2007 revenue of $3.78 billion, and holds over 2,800 U.S. and 1,200
foreign patents, more than 7,300 additional pending patent applications, and
one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and
wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.
Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research
facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at
+1.949.926.5000 or at http://www.broadcom.com.
Cautions regarding Forward Looking Statements:
All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release,
other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our
current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and
business, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of
which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be
identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans,"
"predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should,"
"would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and
variations or negatives of these words. Examples of such forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to our ability to secure future
favorable remedies against SiRF. These forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and
adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.
Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in
connection with our ongoing litigation with SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.
include, but are not limited to:
-- our ability to prevail in the U.S. International Trade Commission
proceedings originally filed by Global Locate and us against SiRF;
-- the ability of our patents to protect our intellectual property and
products;
-- our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights; and
-- the risks associated with litigation in general, including the costs
and time that must be devoted to litigation, the potential diversion of
management's attention that may result from being engaged in
litigation, and the possibility of adverse results.
Additional factors that may cause Broadcom's actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, those listed at
http://www.broadcom.com/press/additional_risk_factors/Q32008.php.
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange
Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk
factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our
business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking
statements in this release speak only as of this date. We undertake no
obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement, except
as required by law.
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everything logo, and Global Locate(R) are among the trademarks of Broadcom
Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other
countries and/or the EU. SiRF(R) is a trademark of SiRF Technology Holdings,
Inc. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their
respective owners.
Broadcom Business Press Contact
Bill Blanning
Vice President, Global Media Relations
949-926-5555
blanning@broadcom.com
Broadcom Financial Analyst Contact
T. Peter Andrew
Vice President, Corporate Communications
949-926-5663
andrewtp@broadcom.com
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