In submitting the lawsuits, GF seeks orders that can stop semiconductors produced with the infringing know-how by Taiwan-based TSMC, the dominant semiconductor producer, from being imported into the U.S. and Germany. These lawsuits require GF to call sure main clients of TSMC and downstream electronics corporations, who, usually, are the precise importers of the merchandise that incorporate the infringing TSMC know-how. GF additionally seeks vital damages from TSMC primarily based on TSMC’s illegal use of GF’s proprietary know-how in its tens of billions of {dollars} of gross sales.
“While semiconductor manufacturing has continued to shift to Asia, GF has bucked the trend by investing heavily in the American and European semiconductor industries, spending more than $15 billion dollars in the last decade in the U.S. and more than $6 billion in Europe’s largest semiconductor manufacturing fabrication facility. These lawsuits are aimed at protecting those investments and the US and European-based innovation that powers them,” stated Gregg Bartlett, senior vp, engineering and know-how at GF. “For years, while we have been devoting billions of dollars to domestic research and development, TSMC has been unlawfully reaping the benefits of our investments. This action is critical to halt Taiwan Semiconductor’s unlawful use of our vital assets and to safeguard the American and European manufacturing base.”
GF is submitting these lawsuits to guard its investments, property and mental property, which can assist to make sure that semiconductor manufacturing stays a aggressive business for the advantage of its shoppers.
The fact-sheet of those lawsuits may be accessed right here (PDF).
