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Power Integrations, Inc. v. On Semiconductor Corp.

Power Integrations, Inc. v. On Semiconductor Corp.

United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division

August 7, 2019, Decided; August 22, 2019, Filed

Case No. 16-cv-06371-BLF

Opinion

 [*855]   [**3] ORDER GRANTING IN PART, DENYING IN PART, AND FINDING MOOT IN PART ON'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PI'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

 [*856]  This case is just one of many in a long line of disputes between Power Integrations, Inc. ("PI") on the one hand and ON Semiconductor Corporation and Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC (collectively, "ON") (and their subsidiaries) on the other. In this consolidated action, each party sues the other for infringement of various patents. PI sues ON for infringement of seven patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 6,212,079 ("the '079 Patent"); 8,115,457 ("the '457 Patent"); 7,239,119 ("the '119 Patent"); 7,538,533 ("the '533 Patent"); 6,297,623 ("the '623 Patent"); 6,414,471 ("the '471 Patent"); and 6,249,876 ("the '876 Patent") (collectively, "PI's Asserted Patents"). See PI Compl., ECF 1; PI Ans., ECF 100. ON sues PI for infringement of eight patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 6,333,624 ("the '624 Patent"); 6,429,709 ("the '709 Patent"); RE39,933 ("the '933 Patent"); RE41,908 ("the '908 Patent"); RE45,862 ("the '862 Patent"); 6,597,221 ("the '221 Patent"); 7,944,272 ("the '272 Patent"); and 7,447,601 ("the '601 Patent") (collectively, "ON's Asserted Patents"). ON Third Am. Compl., ECF 94. Each party also asserts declaratory judgment claims, counterclaims, or affirmative defenses of invalidity and non-infringement as to the other parties' asserted patents. PI Ans.; ON Third Am. Compl.; ON Second Am. Ans., ECF 96.

Presently before the Court are the parties' motions for summary judgment. ON Mot., [**4]  ECF 221; PI Mot., ECF 224. Each party seeks to summarily adjudicate several distinct issues in the case. The Court held a hearing on the motions on June 6, 2019. For the reasons set forth below, ON's motion is GRANTED IN PART, DENIED IN PART, AND FOUND MOOT IN PART and PI's motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.

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396 F. Supp. 3d 851 *; 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143150 **; 2019 WL 3973907

POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

Subsequent History: Appeal dismissed by Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int'l, Inc., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 40676, 2019 WL 13220109 (Fed. Cir., Oct. 28, 2019)

Prior History: Power Integrations, Inc. v. On Semiconductor Corp., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40830, 2017 WL 1065334 (N.D. Cal., Mar. 21, 2017)

CORE TERMS

infringement, products, patent, argues, privity, disclaimer, asserted claim, notice, invalid, switching, patentee, datasheet, summary judgment, output voltage, schematics, Reply, voltage, signal, anticipates, communications, output, summary judgment motion, non-infringement, nonparty, frequency, genuine issue of material fact, desired, feedback signal, asserts, discovery