• January 5th, 2012

    Apple Settles Patent Suit From Elan Out Of Court, Coughs Up $5 Million

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    Elan Microelectronics, a Taiwanese chip and touch screen maker, says it has received $5 million from Apple in a patent infringement lawsuit settlement arranged out of court. This was first reported by Taiwanese media and later by Reuters.

    In addition, Apple and Elan agreed to “exchange authorizations” to use each other’s patents, according to a statement from the Taiwanese chip designer. → Read More

    April 13th, 2009

    Taiwanese company files patent suit against Apple

    Potentially bad news for Apple coming from Asia. A Taiwanese company called Elan Microelectronics Corporation (who?) has filed a patent suit against Apple (the news release is in English) a few days ago, saying they own two patents for multi-touch panels currently used in the MacBook, iPhone und iPod Touch. → Read More