future link settled several other patent cases against tech companies including mediatek competitor amlogic soon after the itc criticized it realtek saidrealtek semiconductor corp sued rival taiwanese chipmaker mediatek inc in northern california federal court on tuesday claiming mediatek paid a company that sues over patents a secret litigation bounty to file meritless lawsuits in the united states to disrupt its business the lawsuit accuses mediatek of conspiring with ipvalue management inc in an effort to drive realtek out of the market and monopolize the industry for chips used in smart televisions and settop boxes advt mediatek owns nearly 60 of the global market share for television chips the lawsuit said realtek said in a statement that it filed the lawsuit to protect free and fair competition in the industry and prevent further harm to the public mediatek declined comment citing the ongoing litigation ipvalue did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit realtek said mediatek signed a patent licensing agreement with ipvalue subsidiary future link systems llc in 2019 that included the secret bounty agreement the agreement was revealed last year in patent litigation involving future link in west texas federal court and at the us international trade commission itc according to the lawsuit realtek said future link has kept details of the agreement buried under confidentiality obligations and protective orders the itc called the agreement alarming and said it may well be untoward and actionable while the west texas court said it was improper and should be discouraged as a matter of public policy future link settled several other patent cases against tech companies including mediatek competitor amlogic soon after the itc criticized it realtek said realtek said mediatek has used the patent lawsuits which seek to take its allegedly infringing chips off the market to suggest to customers that realtek may be an unreliable supplier for the television chip industry realtek asked the court to order the companies to end the alleged conspiracy and requested an unspecified amount of money damages advt the case is realtek semiconductor corp v mediatek inc us district court for the northern district of california no 523cv02774 for realtek rudy kim michael murray and nafeesah attah of paul hastings steven baik of white hat legal for mediatek and ipvalue attorney information not available reuters published on jun 7 2023 at 0348 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app bounty realtek mediatek semiconductor auto components homenewsauto componentsrealtek sues semiconductor rival