Toshiba to buy patents from Micron (WKN 869020) for $288 mlnTOKYO Sept 15 (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp. (6502.T: Quote, NEWS, Research) said on Friday it would buy certain chip-related patents from Micron Technology Inc. (MU.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and secure licences for all the patents held by Micron unit Lexar Media Inc. for $288 million, ending lawsuits between the Japanese electronics maker and Lexar.
Micron in June acquired Lexar Media, which has been in a legal tussle with Toshiba since 2002 regarding flash memory patent infringement.
Behind Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research), Toshiba is the world's second-largest maker of NAND-type flash memory chips, widely used in digital cameras, photo-snapping phones and portable music players such as Apple Computer Inc.'s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iPod.
Prior to the announcement, shares in Toshiba closed down 1.1 percent at 792 yen, underperforming the Tokyo stock market's electrical machinery index (.IELEC.T: Quote, NEWS, Research), which sipped 0.4 percent.
Die werden doch nicht fürn Apfel und Ei die Patente hergeben....
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