Grail Semiconductor Inc. v. Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc.
Published: Jun. 2, 2012 | Result Date: May 10, 2012 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 1-07-cv-098590 Verdict – $124,000,000
Court
Santa Clara Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Martin L. Fineman
(Davis, Wright & Tremaine LLP)
Defendant
David S. Elkins
(Squire Patton Boggs LLP)
Xavier M. Brandwajn
(Office of Santa Clara County Counsel)
Facts
Grail Semiconductor Inc. filed a breach of contact lawsuit against Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc. Grail and its co-founder, Donald Stern, filed suit against Mitsubishi Electric, alleging that it used confidential information and technology on memory chips, which Mitsubishi launched in 2004.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiff alleged that Mitsubishi Electric revealed plaintiff's confidential information regarding a memory chip to an affiliate company, Mitsubishi-Japan. Plaintiff also claimed that Stern met with individuals from Mitsubishi in April 2001 and divulged technology for a memory chip, and that Mitsubishi Electric acquired the information, introduced it, and confined the market.
DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
Defendants challenged liability and damages.
Result
The jury awarded plaintiff $124 million.
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