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IDEX ASA -v- STMicroelectronics and UPEK
Case Summary | 10 July 2007
In this two-week High Court trial in late June 2007, IDEX a Norwegian technology company sued STMicroelectronics for royalties arising from a product development and patent licensing agreement relating to electronic capacitive fingerprint swipe-scanners. UPEK, a spun-out former division of ST and the purchaser of products from ST, applied to be joined as a defendant and counterclaimed for a declaration of non-infingement and for revocation of 4 IDEX patents on grounds of obviousness, anticipation, added matter and insufficiency. Among other points, the case raised questions of alleged Biogen insufficiency. Daniel Alexander QC acted for the Claimant.