AUSTIN, Texas & CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) and MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL) today
announced a satisfactory settlement of all litigation between the two
companies. MaxLinear has granted Silicon Labs a license to its
substantial patent portfolio for the accused Silicon Labs products.
Silicon Labs has granted MaxLinear a license to its substantial
portfolio of patents for the accused MaxLinear products. As part of the
settlement, the two companies have agreed to enter into a three-year
covenant not to sue. The companies have also agreed to dismiss all
pending cases.
Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor
solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size
and power consumption. For more information about Silicon Labs, please
visit www.silabs.com.
Silicon Laboratories and the Silicon Labs logo are trademarks of Silicon
Laboratories Inc. All other product names noted herein may be trademarks
of their respective holders.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. is a leading provider of radio-frequency and
mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for broadband communications
applications. MaxLinear's diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor
solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size
and power consumption. MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad,
California, and its address on the Internet is www.maxlinear.com.
MxL, Full-Spectrum Capture, FSC and the MaxLinear logo are trademarks of
MaxLinear, Inc. Other trademarks appearing herein are the property of
their respective owners.
Silicon Labs
Investor Relations:
Deborah Stapleton,
650-815-1239
deb@stapleton.com
or
Trade
Press:
Dale Weisman, 512-532-5871
dale.weisman@silabs.com
or
MaxLinear,
Inc.
Investor Relations:
IR Sense
Nick Kormeluk,
949-415-7745
nick@irsense.com
or
Corporate
Contact:
Adam Spice, 760-692-0711
Chief Financial Officer
aspice@maxlinear.com
Source: Silicon Laboratories Inc. and MaxLinear, Inc.
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