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Advanced Power Technology Has Filed A Patent Infringement Counterclaim
Advanced Power Technology has filed a patent infringement counterclaim
against IXYS. This alleges that IXYS infringes APT's patent entitled
APT has also filed its answers
to IXYS' allegations of patent infringement with the US court involved.
"Even though IXYS has not provided us with any specific information as to
which claims they allege we infringe, upon a detailed review of the two
patents cited by IXYS, we believe that APT does not infringe those patents,"
says Dah Wen Tsang, APT vice president of engineering and R&D. "Further, APT
developed and was using the concepts disclosed in the cited IXYS patents
long before those patents were filed by IXYS. APT's implementation of those
concepts is prior and superior to that disclosed in the IXYS patents and
does not infringe those patents."
to IXYS' allegations of patent infringement with the US court involved.
"Even though IXYS has not provided us with any specific information as to
which claims they allege we infringe, upon a detailed review of the two
patents cited by IXYS, we believe that APT does not infringe those patents,"
says Dah Wen Tsang, APT vice president of engineering and R&D. "Further, APT
developed and was using the concepts disclosed in the cited IXYS patents
long before those patents were filed by IXYS. APT's implementation of those
concepts is prior and superior to that disclosed in the IXYS patents and
does not infringe those patents."