Trade Commission to Review SiRF/Broadcom Ruling

摘要

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said October 10 that it will review the determination of one of its administrative law judges that previously found that SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc., infringed on patents held by Broadcom subsidiary Global Locate. The ITC judge ruled in August that certain SiRF products, including SiRFstarlll and SiRFInstant GPS architectures, infringed upon six Global Locate/Broadcom patents; the judge later recommended to the ITC that it issue a ban on the import of related SiRF chips into the United States. Both SiRF and ITC staff filed appeals independently of one another seeking a review of the ruling. Now, the ITC has said it will review claims on three out of the six patents, according to SiRF. The final ITC ruling, scheduled for December 2008, is further subject to a 60-day presidential review period and can then be appealed to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.