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12 Aug, 2006 8:02 am
Floyd Norris wrote a nice piece in Fridays New York Times on Atmel's Mess: You're Fired. No, You Are. (page C1, col. 1). A board of independent
directors attempted to fire the CEO who, upon hearing the plans to do...
21 May 7:33 am
... ruling here. On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, after a hearing in the Court of Chancery, Chancellor Chandler ruled that Atmel Corporation's changes to its Poison Pill takeover defense were not improper. The conflict arose when a ... 's Board of Directors and senior management in
response to a merger proposal from Microchip Technology Incorporated and ON Semiconductor Corporation when the Board amended the company's
Poison Pill to make it "significantly more onerous and potentially preclusive and destructive ...
22 Apr 6:31 am
... economic attributes. Moreover, the academic observers were not abstractly speculating about behavior that could revolutionize the markets for corporate control. They were
reporting on existing methodologies, frequently but not always practiced by event driven ... equity in poison pill definitions of beneficial ownership has been from the Delaware
plaintiffs' bar. A suit is now pending against Atmel Corporation in Chancery Court in Delaware which
seeks invalidation of an amendment to Atmel's poison ...
19 Feb, 2007 3:14 pm
In Perlegos v. Atmel Corporation, (Del. Ch., Feb. 8, 2007), 2007 WL 475453, read opinion here, the
Chancery Court addressed issues under DGCL Section 211 regarding the calling, and cancellation of, a special meeting of stockholders as well as a...
8 Feb, 2007 6:42 am
Perelegos v. Atmel Corporation, C.A. No. 2320-N (February 8, 2007). The actions of special committees
of a board are often questioned, but this decision strongly affirmed the power of a properly organized and functioning special committee. Indeed, given that the...
20 Feb, 2007 12:14 pm
In Perlegos v. Atmel Corporation, (Del. Ch., Feb. 8, 2007), 2007 WL 475453, read opinion here, the
Chancery Court addressed issues under DGCL Section 211 regarding the calling, and cancellation of, a special meeting of stockholders as well as a...
8 Apr, 2008 10:53 am
... “While Rocksoft and ACN 120 were affiliates, each was created as separate corporate entities, and must accordingly be treated as such.†[T]he mere fact that ... mean that
ACN 120 and Rocksoft had an agency relationship. Quantum cited Atmel Corp. v. Authentec, Inc., decided by Judge Wilken and covered earlier by
... patent owned by a subsidiary without an express licensing agreement between the corporations. Judge Alsup had this to say of Atmel:
[Atmel] did not come to grips with the law cited above, ...
14 Aug 7:34 am
The Recorder reports: Michael Ross was fired and blamed for two corporate scandals at Atmel Corp. -- but now the former general counsel
is fighting back. Ross has filed a lawsuit, claiming the San Jose, Calif., ... Valley memory, resulting in the ouster of the brothers who founded the company, with whom Ross was close.
Most interesting to me, however, is how Atmel covered its bases dealing with the travel scandal, but not the backdating scandal. Take note: An
internal investigation of Davani led to ...
12 May 6:21 am
... a resurgence in 2008. This may be a temporary result of the recession, as corporations buffeted by falling equity prices adopted measures to protect shareholders in a period
of market volatility. However, the trend could outlive the recession. The Atmel and Selectica litigations likely will provide the Delaware
courts with the opportunity to clarify the validity of the rights plan, including whether triggers can be expanded ...
14 Aug 12:51 am
... their wrongful termination suit. In the first 9th Circuit analysis of whistleblower protections under Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance laws, Judge Jay Bybee found the
plaintiffs did not have to prove actual fraud ... . Business filings increased 63 percent, while individual filings were up 34 percent. Ex-GC Sues Atmel for Defamation The Recorder Michael Ross was fired and blamed for two corporate scandals at Atmel Corp.
-- but now the former GC is fighting back. Ross has filed a lawsuit, claiming ...
19 Jun, 2007 3:07 am
In Biomedino, LLC v. Waters Technologies Corporation, et al. (June 18, 2007) the Federal Circuit affirmed invalidation under § 112, second
paragraph, of a claimed molecular regeneration device including "control means for ... known equipment where prior art of record and the testimony of experts suggest that known methods
and equipment exist? . . . In Atmel it was not the fact that one skilled in the art was aware of known circuit techniques that resulted in a
conclusion that sufficient structure ...
20 Jun, 2007 8:50 am
... where there is no corresponding structure described in the specification, are invalid. See, Biomedino, LLC v. Waters Technologies Corporation (2006-1350). Biomedino, LLC had appealed from a lower court decision that claims 13-17 and 40 of ... states, so that one can readily ascertain
what the claim means and comply with the particularity requirement of [§ 112,] 2." Atmel, 198 F.3d at 1382. Additionally, interpretation of
what is disclosed in the specification must be made in light of the knowledge ...
2 Aug, 2008 12:54 am
... suit against cell phone makers including AT&T, Palm, Nokia, RIM, Sony Ericsson and others: (Law360), Atmel - Atmel, AuthenTec settle fingerprint patent suits: (Law360), Benq - Non-verbal data entry on touchtone phones - University ... Semiconductor - California
appellate court rules on statute of limitations in third party trade secrets misappropriation case: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation v
Superior Court (Silvaco Data Systems): (IP Law Blog) eBay - PerfumeBay.com disappears from cyberspace ...
30 Apr, 2007 2:03 pm
... the power to rescind a prior chair's valid calling of a special stockholder meeting. In Perlegos v. Atmel Corp., the plaintiff was
chairman, president, and CEO of the defendant. Following an internal investigation, a special committee of ... they properly performed a special committee function. That punishment is
likely to have a chilling effect on board members in this corporation. The response is neither coercive nor preclusive and certainly
reasonable. Thus I think the decision to rescind the ...
15 Oct 2:47 pm
... its ranks of intellectual property lawyers with a corporate lateral from Morrison & Foerster's Tokyo office. Matt Berger is a corporate transactions lawyer who
advises on the IP aspects of complex technology transactions. His clients include Atmel, Fujitsu, Goldman Sachs, Seiko Epson Corp., Teijin
Pharma, Toshiba and Zeon Corp. Adding Berger to other recent lateral moves, after the jump. Berger joins ...
23 Jan 1:00 am
... Foods Global settle patent litigation over plastic packaging for their competing coffee brands (Law360) Quantum World Corp - Atmel and IBM
dismissed from lawsuit brought by Quantum World over patents for random number generator system (Law360) Rambus - ... v LeapFrog Enters, Inc (Chicago Intellectual Property Law Blog)
Only registrants get statutory damages for counterfeiting - complex corporate structures and IP consequences: Shell Co, Ltd. v. Los Frailes Service Station, Inc (Property,
intangible) ...
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