TSMC Suit May Be Patent Trolls
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Two firms accusing TSMC suspected of being 'patent trolls': TIPO head
Taipei, June 16 (CNA) Liao Cheng-wei (廖承威), director general of Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), said on Tuesday that he suspected two firms currently suing contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) for patent infringement are so-called "patent trolls."
TSMC's recent involvement in a US patent infringement lawsuit has drawn market attention. Liao Cheng-wei, Director of the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, pointed out on the 16th that, based on publicly available information, the two companies filing the lawsuit are what the industry commonly calls "patent trolls," primarily using patents to initiate litigation to secure royalties or settlements. TSMC has simulta…

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