REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 12 (Reuters) - Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) has filed a lawsuit against U.S. rival Micron Technology (MU.O) alleging infringement of eight of its patents.
YMTC filed the lawsuit against Micron and unit Micron Consumer Products Group on Nov. 9 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
According to the lawsuit, Micron turned to YMTC's patented technology to fend off competition from YMTC and to gain and protect market share.
In May, China said Micron products failed a network security review and barred purchase of them by operators of key infrastructure.
($1 = 7.2934 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama and Brenda Goh; Editing by Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Aly, YMTC, YMTC's, Anirudh Saligrama, Brenda Goh, Christopher Cushing
Organizations:
Micron, REUTERS, Memory Technologies, U.S, Micron Technology, Micron Consumer Products Group, Northern, Northern District of, South, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Toshiba, Thomson
Locations:
Shanghai, China, Northern District, Northern District of California, U.S, Fujian, Xian