Navitas files patent infringement lawsuit against Renesas
The lawsuit comes weeks after Japanese semiconductor company Renesas sued US-based Navitas in the California federal court, claiming the company poached its employees to steal trade secrets for developing next-gen GaN chips.
Navitas Semiconductor Corporation has announced that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Japanese semiconductor company Renesas Electronics Corporation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
The lawsuit comes weeks after Renesas sued US-based Navitas in the California federal court, claiming the company poached its employees to steal trade secrets for developing next-gen GaN chips.
“Navitas is an early GaN innovator and leader that is successfully capitalizing on the substantial and growing market opportunity for high-powered solutions,” said Navitas President and CEO Chris Allexandre. “We pioneered bringing GaN technology to scale. We’ve heavily invested in R&D in both GaN and high-voltage SiC and have protected our proprietary innovations through robust intellectual property. We respect valid intellectual property rights and we expect our competitors to do likewise.”
The lawsuit asserts that Renesas’ major GaN product lines, including Renesas’ SuperGaN power semiconductors, infringe Navitas’ industry-leading gallium nitride (GaN) patent portfolio, including U.S. Patent Nos. 9,929,079; 11,545,838; 11,770,010; and 11,862,996, Navitas said in a press release.
“By bringing this action to defend our intellectual property, we are standing up for our employees, customers and partners, as well as the principles of fair competition and rewarding innovation that are critical to the power semiconductor market as a whole,” Allexandre said.
