Hitachi Ltd is suing Motorola Inc in the US alleging patent infringement of Hitachi’s 8-bit devices, and the battle between the former partners – Hitachi was the official second source for the 6800, 6809 and 68000 families but never got 68020 masks – is getting more and more bitter: Nippon Motorola has now responded to […]
Hitachi Ltd is suing Motorola Inc in the US alleging patent infringement of Hitachi’s 8-bit devices, and the battle between the former partners – Hitachi was the official second source for the 6800, 6809 and 68000 families but never got 68020 masks – is getting more and more bitter: Nippon Motorola has now responded to Hitachi’s suit alleging that the Motorola MC68HC11 family infringes Hitachi patents with a counter-suit that contends that the Motorola part does not infringe Hitachi’s Japanese patent because at least other two firms have lodged a protest over the patent at the Patent Office, which means that Hitachi’s patent is not yet ratified.
