SAN JOSE, Calif. & SINGAPORE — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 11, 2010 — Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced its position in the recent lawsuit filed by Pixart Imaging Inc. Avago pioneered development of optical finger navigation technology and over the past several years has built up a substantial patent portfolio that extends from the integrated circuits for use in optical finger navigation (OFN) to end products, including mobile devices that incorporate OFN. These distinct OFN patents extend from Avago’s proprietary algorithms in processing to intellectual property in modular systems (e.g., lensing systems) to complete systems like mobile handsets.
Avago has not licensed this portfolio to Pixart or other navigation product companies for the purpose of making, using or selling finger navigation products. Customers purchasing Avago finger navigation products are enabled to use such purchased products in accordance with the implied Avago patent licenses that accompany those products.
Pixart Imaging Inc. recently brought suit against Avago Technologies, Inc. in the Northern District of California seeking a declaratory judgment that a license granted to Pixart by Avago for mouse technology should be extended to include Avago's OFN technology. Notwithstanding the lawsuit, Avago will continue to use all legal means at its disposal to vigorously protect its substantial investment in this technology.
About Avago Technologies
Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company provides an extensive range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems to approximately 40,000 end customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company's products serve four diverse end markets: wireless communications, wired infrastructure, industrial and automotive electronics, and consumer and computing peripherals. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back 40 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com
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