O2Micro Plans To Appeal Jury Verdict In Patent Trial Against MPS
May 16, 2007. O2Micro® International Limited (NASDAQ®: OIIM; SEHK: 0457), a leading supplier o innovative power management and security components and systems, announced that it plans to appeal a jury verdict recently rendered in favor of defendants Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) and Asustek Computer, Inc., related to one of O2Micro's inverter controller patents, U.S. patent number 6,396,722 (the �722 patent), in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The jury verdict indicated a finding that the defendants infringed claims 12 and 14 of the �722 patent under the doctrine of equivalents, but that claims 1, 2, 9 and 18 were not infringed and that each of the asserted claims was invalid due to obviousness and an on-sale bar.
O2Micro announced that it plans to seek judgment as a matter of law to overturn the jury verdict, and, if the verdict were to result in a judgment, plans to appeal the judgment to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal.
O2Micro noted that the other claims of the �722 patent, including claims 3-8, 10-11, 13, 15-17, and 19, were not at issue in this case, and no challenge to validity of those claims has been made in this lawsuit.
About O2Micro
Founded in April 1995, O2Micro develops and markets innovative power management, and security components and systems for the Computer, Consumer, Industrial, and Communications markets. Products include Intelligent Lighting, Battery Management, Power Management, SmartCardBus® and Security products, such as VPN/Firewall system solutions.
O2Micro International maintains an extensive portfolio of intellectual property with 7,223 patent claims granted, and over 8,000 more pending. The company maintains offices worldwide. Additional company and product information can be found on the company website at www.o2micro.com.
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Contact Information:
Mitchell Benus
Director of Investor Relations, O2Micro
Phone: 408.332.1749
Email: mitchell.benus@o2micro.com
