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June 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Jones Day on $3.8 Billion Taiwanese Semiconductor Merger

The international law firm is advising Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek Inc. on its proposed acquisition of local rival MStar Semiconductor Inc., a deal which would make MediaTek one of the largest chipmakers in the world.
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February 12, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

GC Didn't Pull Fast One With Deal Rewrite, Calif. Judge Rules

A prominent general counsel at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. didn't fraudulently doctor a settlement agreement after the fact, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Steven Brick wrote in a proposed ruling on Tuesday. In-house veteran Richard Thurston had been accused by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. of making changes to a 2005 settlement in which SMIC agreed to pay TSMC $175 million to end a nasty patent and trade secret fight.
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March 26, 2004 | Law.com

Trade Secrets Case Could Be a Chip Off the Avant Block

Likening its dispute with Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. to the Avant Corp. suit, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. filed documents in federal court in San Francisco Monday in what could be one of the biggest trade secret theft cases to hit Silicon Valley. TSMC alleges that SMIC lured away its key employees with offers of stock and stock options and asked them to steal and disclose proprietary information.
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September 15, 2009 | Law.com

Asian Semiconductor Companies Take Trade Secret Battle to California

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and its Shanghai-based rival, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., don't care much for each other. Back in 2005, the smaller Chinese company paid $175 million to the Taiwanese company in a trade secrets dispute. But TSMC later called foul when SMIC allegedly violated the terms of the settlement, and the two went back to court. The dispute over the settlement agreement is now being heard by a jury in California's Alameda County superior court.
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February 01, 2005 | Law.com

Chip Makers Settle Trade Secrets Suit

In a case that pitted two San Francisco business litigators against each other, a China-based chip-making startup will pay Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. $175 million to settle a trade secrets theft suit. The settlement, announced Sunday, dismisses litigation that was pending between TSMC, the world's largest chip fabricator, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. in San Francisco federal court.
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February 01, 2005 | Law.com

Chip Makers Settle Trade Secrets Suit

In a case that pitted San Francisco litigators against each other, China-based chip-making startup Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. will pay Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. $175 million to settle a trade secrets theft suit. TSMC attorney Jeffrey Chanin said it was unusual for a suit to be brought in the U.S. over actions that occurred mainly overseas. "While trade secrets were misused in processes abroad," he said, the companies "looked to California in particular for their business."
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March 25, 2004 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta Firms Chasing IP Work in Taiwan, China

Anne Berryman Special to the Daily ReportTwo Atlanta law firms are positioning themselves to capture more intellectual property business in Taiwan and China.Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer Risley revealed plans last week to send a partner to live in Taiwan, and Morris, Manning Martin has announced the arrival of partner Tim Tingkang Xia, a physicist and lawyer who grew up in China.
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February 07, 2005 | National Law Journal

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

Summaries of verdicts and settlements as reported in The National Law Journal.
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April 05, 2005 | Law.com

Carman Chang: Great Leap Forward

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August 24, 2005 | Law.com

Taiwan Threatens to Increase Fine on Illegal China Chip Investor

Taiwan said Tuesday it would ignore a businessman's request to renounce his citizenship if he was found to be trying to escape paying a fine imposed for making an unauthorized investment in rival China. Richard Chang, head of the Shanghai-based chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., could even face a double fine unless he pays the fee by next month, the government said. The businessman also has American citizenship.
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