Cresta Technology Files Patent Infringement Complaint - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Cresta Technology Corporation, a product company that sells silicon tuner chips to television set manufacturers based on its patented Smart Tuner technology, filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission asking the ITC to investigate and determine whether CrestaTech's patents have been infringed by two silicon chip companies, Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) and MaxLinear (MXL).

CrestaTech, which designs, develops, and manufactures silicon tuner chips in the United States, accuses Silicon Laboratories, MaxLinear, and four television set manufactures and their U.S. subsidiaries of unlawfully importing certain television sets, receivers, tuners, and other components into the United States.

The three CrestaTech patents in question cover technology that enables a single television receiver to process analog or digital television signals in multiple standards, making it possible for a television to work anywhere in the world.