Post by thread:MChip lawsuits against Everybody : Update

> > Treat yourselves to a good chuckle : > http://www.scenix.com/news/press/990225.htm > > ...and some more : > http://www.scenix.com/news/press/990426.htm > > The next lawsuit will probably be : > "Malicious speeding up of micro with the intent of doing serious Mips" > or > "Unfair use of flash technology before us" > or > "Just being meanies" I see Mchip actually got two guys in Taiwan thrown in jail (7 months) for copyright infringements yesterday. Here's their gloat : http://www.microchip.com/10/Edit/pRelease/PR103/index.htm With their past record of credibility when it comes to genuine patent concerns (see the above two links), I can't help but wonder if these two guys got the short end of the stick.... I think they probably made the mistake of publicly comparing their micro's to PICs. Scenix was a *LOT* cleverer when they said that they were going after a different market. I can't find any more information on the details, but I *did* notice that Mchip's stock went up by $1.9375 to $35.625 after the anouncement, and hey, that's what is important, isn't it? Does anyone know where we can get some more info? I like to know who (what) I am buying from. -- Friendly Regards /"\ \ / Tjaart van der Walt X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN spam_OUTtjaartTakeThisOuTwasp.co.za / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL |--------------------------------------------------| | WASP International | |R&D Engineer : GSM peripheral services development| |--------------------------------------------------| | Mobile : .....tjaartKILLspam@spam@sms.wasp.co.za (160 text chars) | | http://www.wasp.co.za/~tjaart/index.html | |Voice: +27-(0)11-622-8686 Fax: +27-(0)11-622-8973| | WGS-84 : 26¡10.52'S 28¡06.19'E | |--------------------------------------------------|

I see Mchip actually got two guys in Taiwan thrown in jail (7 months) for copyright infringements yesterday. Here's their gloat : http://www.microchip.com/10/Edit/pRelease/PR103/index.htm <snip> I can't find any more information on the details, <snip> Does anyone know where we can get some more info? I like to know who (what) I am buying from. ------------------ check http://syntekt.com.tw/products.HTM I can not assure it, and I don't know if this is the correct Sintek because is a usual name in the market (and I apologize *A LOT* if I am wrong). But located in taiwan, related to controllers, and with full custom ASIC development.. If somebody wants to correct me, I will be glad to apologize again Keep on PICing

Alas, that is interesting. I wonder if they are the folks that were making the asia sourced 5X knockoffs that the cheerful fellow was hawking on our PicList. (Ages ago.. anyone out there remember?) Just a neutral curiosity, I always wondered who they were, if the part was a true compatible, etcetera. The avid among us may still have it in an arcive somewhere. Chris Eddy Pioneer Microsystems, Inc. Tjaart van der Walt wrote: > > > I see Mchip actually got two guys in Taiwan thrown in > jail (7 months) for copyright infringements yesterday. > > Here's their gloat : > http://www.microchip.com/10/Edit/pRelease/PR103/index.htm