Court reverses injunction decision against Infineon regarding monolithic integrated power stage products

NEUBIBERG, GERMANY: Infineon Technologies AG announced that, on November 17, 2009, the United States District Court in the Northern District of California issued a final order (under seal) denying the request for a preliminary injunction made by plaintiff Volterra Semiconductor Corp. in its patent suit against Infineon Technologies AG, Infineon Technologies North America Corp. and Primarion, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infineon Technologies North America Corp.).

The Court’s Order means that Infineon and Primarion can continue to make, market, and sell their integrated power stage products without any restrictions. In addition, the Court also denied without prejudice Volterra’s motion for summary judgment of infringement.

“We are very pleased that the Court, upon review of Infineon and Primarion’s arguments and further consideration of the issues, reversed its initial minute order and denied Volterra’s motion for a preliminary injunction,” said Gerhard Wolf, Vice President Industrial and Multimarket at Infineon Technologies North America Corp.