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Sayles Werbner Announces Texas Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against National Semiconductor Inc.
Sayles Werbner Announces Texas Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against National Semiconductor Inc.
MARSHALL, Texas, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- eTool Development, Inc. and eTool
Patent Holdings Corp. announce that on May 9, 2008, the companies filed an
action for patent infringement against National Semiconductor Corporation
(NYSE: NSM), in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Texas, Marshall Division.
The complaint charges that National, the semiconductor industry's premier
analog chip company, has directly and indirectly infringed, and is directly
and indirectly infringing, U.S. patent 7,113, 919. The 919 patent is directed
to a System and Method for Configuring Products Over a Communications Network.
The complaint alleges that National's WEBENCH(R) on-line design tools infringe
the 919 patent.
The National WEBENCH(R) on-line tools are heavily relied upon by National
to promote the use and sale of National's portfolio of power management
circuits, display drivers, audio and operational amplifiers, interface
products and data conversion solutions. The WEBENCH(R) tools are therefore an
important contributing factor to the generation of a very large percentage of
National's total revenues, which were reported as $1.93 billion for fiscal
2007. National's management has also acknowledged that the WEBENCH(R) tools
are an important contributor to National's industry-leading gross margin,
which now exceeds 60%.
eTool is represented by Haines & Associates ofPhiladelphia; Sayles
Werbner, PC, ofDallas; and Woodcock Washburn, LLP, ofPhiladelphia.
"The damages that eTool seeks are considerable and clearly very material
to National," said Sayles Werbner's Richard Sayles. "The full extent of the
eTool's damages will become apparent during discovery. However, our
preliminary investigation reveals they are accruing at a rate in excess of
$100 million per year."
About eTool
eTool Development, Inc. is aDelaware corporation with offices inIrving,
Texas. eTool Patent Holdings Corp. is aTexas corporation which also has
offices inIrving, Texas. eTool's 919 patent provides a network-based
technical support solution useful to the chemical, food, industrial gas,
pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries, as well as others.
For more information, please contact Bruce Vincent at 800-559-4630 or
bruce@androvett.com.
SOURCE Sayles Werbner, PC
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