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Power Integrations Wins Another Patent Case Against Fairchild

Fairchild Semiconductor found to willfully infringe two of Power Integrations’ patents, implicating more than 140 Fairchild products; jury awards damages of $105 million

SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 5, 2014 — Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI) today announced a verdict in one of its ongoing patent infringement lawsuits against Fairchild Semiconductor. After a month-long trial in federal district court in San Francisco, a jury found yesterday that Fairchild willfully infringed two of Power Integrations’ patents, and awarded Power Integrations damages of $105 million. Based on the finding of willfulness, the Court could enhance the award up to three times the amount specified by the jury. The jury also denied all counterclaims by Fairchild alleging infringement by Power Integrations.

Based on the jury’s findings, Power Integrations intends to seek a permanent injunction against the more than 140 infringing parts implicated in the decision (and any additional parts with substantially identical infringing circuitry). The infringing features include what Fairchild terms its “Green Mode” technology; a list of part numbers determined to be infringing is shown below.

Today’s decision follows three previous findings of infringement against Fairchild and its System General (SG) subsidiary in cases brought by Power Integrations. In 2006, Fairchild was found in another federal court to infringe four of Power Integrations’ patents, resulting in a permanent injunction against more than 100 infringing Fairchild products (listed below). The court later found the infringement to be willful, describing Fairchild’s behavior as “blatant copying”. Also in 2006, the International Trade Commission found that SG infringed two of Power Integrations’ patents (including one of the same patents involved in the latest verdict) and later issued an exclusion order barring the infringing products from the U.S. market.

In 2012, Fairchild was again found to violate two of the same patents found to be infringed in the 2006 district-court decision. Power Integrations is presently seeking an injunction against approximately 80 Fairchild products implicated in that ruling (and any additional parts with substantially identical infringing circuitry), as listed below.

Commented Balu Balakrishnan, president and CEO of Power Integrations: “Today’s decision marks the fourth time Fairchild and its SG subsidiary have been found to infringe our patents. We hope this latest finding and the accompanying damage award will cause Fairchild to finally re-examine their business practices and begin respecting the intellectual property that we have worked so hard to develop over the past 25 years.”

The list of infringing Fairchild products implicated in yesterday’s decision is as follows:

AS1000   FAN6755W   FSBH0170A   LTA703S   SG6840
AS1003   FAN6756   FSBH0170W   LTA704S   SG6841
AS1207   FAN6756AHL   FSBH0270   LTA705S   SG6841x3
DAP024   FAN6791   FSBH0270_F116   LTA809FA   SG6842
DAP02A   FAN6793   FSBH0270A   LTA810FA   SG6842J
FAN100   FAN6861   FSBH0270W   LTA811FA   SG6843
FAN102   FAN6862W   FSBH0370   PO168   SG6846
FAN103   FAN6862   FSBH0370_F116   PO268   SG6846A
FAN103W   FAN6862H   FSBH0F70   PO368   SG6846B
FAN104   FAN6862HR   FSBH0F70A   SG3843G   SG6846C
FAN104W   FAN6862L   FSBH0F70A_F116   SG5701   SG6846G
FAN301   FAN6862R   FSBH0F70WA   SG5841   SG6846WA
FAN400A   FAN6863   FSEZ1016A   SG5841J   SG6848
FAN400C   FAN6863L   FSEZ1216   SG5842   SG6849
FAN6747   FAN6863R   FSEZ1216B   SG5842A   SG68502
FAN6747W   FAN6863W   FSEZ1217   SG5842J   SG68502A
FAN6747WA   FAN6863WE   FSEZ1307   SG5842JA   SG68502B
FAN6747WALMY   FAN6863WL   FSEZ1307S   SG5843   SG6858
FAN6749   FAN6863WR   FSEZ1317   SG5851   SG6859
FAN6751   FL103   FSEZ1317A   SG5851A   SG6859A
FAN6751MR   FL7730   FSEZ1317WA   SG6741   SG6859D
FAN6752   FL7732   FSEZ2007   SG6741A   SG6860
FAN6753   FSB117H   FSEZ2016   SG6742   SG6902
FAN6754   FSB127H   FSEZ2037   SG6742HL   SG6905
FAN6754A   FSB137HL   FSL127H   SG6742HR   SG6932
FAN6754B   FSB147H   FSL137H   SG6742ML   SGP100
FAN6754WA   FSBH0170   LTA504SG   SG6742MR   SGP101
FAN6755   FSBH0170_F116   LTA504SJ   SG6742WMR   SGP400
FAN6755UW                

The list of Fairchild products implicated in the 2012 verdict, against which Power Integrations is currently seeking a permanent injunction, is as follows:

AS1000   FAN6793   FSEZ2007   SG5841J   SG6846A
AS1003   FAN6861   FSEZ2016   SG5842   SG6846B
AS1207   FAN6862   FSEZ2037   SG5842A   SG6846C
DAP024   FAN6862L   LTA504SG   SG5842J   SG6846G
FAN100   FAN6862R   LTA504SJ   SG5842JA   SG6848
FAN102   FSBH0170   LTA703S   SG5851   SG6849
FAN103   FSBH0270   LTA704S   SG5851A   SG68502
FAN104   FSBH0370   LTA705S   SG6741   SG68502A
FAN301   FSBH0F70   LTA809FA   SG6741A   SG68502B
FAN400A   FSEZ1016A   LTA810FA   SG6742   SG6858
FAN400C   FSEZ1116   LTA811FA   SG6742HL   SG6859
FAN6747   FSEZ1216   PO168MY   SG6742HR   SG6859A
FAN6751   FSEZ1216B   PO268MY   SG6742ML   SG6860
FAN6752   FSEZ1217   PO368MY   SG6742MR   SGP100
FAN6753   FSEZ1307   SG5701   SG6842J   SGP101
FAN6754   FSEZ1317   SG5841   SG6846   SGP400
FAN6791                

The following Fairchild products are already under permanent injunction based on earlier litigation:

FAN7602   FSD200B   FSDH0265RLDX   FSDL321L_NL
FSCM0465R   FSD200B_NL   FSDH0265RLDX_NL   FSDM0170RNB
FSCM0465RGWDTU   FSD200BM   FSDH0265RLN   FSDM0265RL
FSCM0465RIWDTU   FSD200BM_NL   FSDH0265RLN_NL   FSDM0265RL_NL
FSCM0465RJ   FSD200BMX   FSDH0265RLX   FSDM0265RN
FSCM0465RJX   FSD210   FSDH0265RLX_SB82190   FSDM0265RN_NL
FSCM0565R   FSD210B   FSDH0265RN   FSDM0265RNB
FSCM0565RCYDTU   FSD210BH   FSDH0270RNB   FSDM0265RNB_NL
FSCM0565RCYDTU_NL   FSD210BM   FSDH0370RNB   FSDM0265RNC
FSCM0565RD   FSD210BM_NL   FSDH321   FSDM0265RNC_NL
FSCM0565RGTU   FSD210BMX   FSDH321B   FSDM0270RNB
FSCM0565RGWDTU   FSD210BMX_SB82110   FSDH321L   FSDM0365RL
FSCM0565RIWDTU   FSD210DH   FSDH321LX   FSDM0365RL_NL
FSCM0565RJ   FSD210H   FSDH321LX_NL   FSDM0365RLX
FSCM0565RJX   FSD210HD   FSDH321Z   FSDM0365RN
FSCM0765R   FSD210HD_NL   FSDH321Z_NL   FSDM0365RN_NL
FSCM0765RC   FSD210L   FSDL0165RL   FSDM0365RNB
FSCM0765RCYDTU   FSD211   FSDL0165RL_NL   FSDM0365RNC
FSCM0765RCYDTU_NL   FSD211H   FSDL0165RN   FSDM0370RNB
FSCM0765RD   FSD211H_NL   FSDL0365RL   FSDM100
FSCM0765RGWDTU   FSD500   FSDL0365RL_NL   FSDM100_NL
FSCM0765RIWDTU   FSDH0170RNB   FSDL0365RN   FSDM101
FSCM0765RJ   FSDH0265RL   FSDL0365RNB   FSDM311
FSCM0765RJX   FSDH0265RL_NL   FSDL321   FSDM311_NL
FSD1000   FSDH0265RL_SB82109   FSDL321_NL   FSDM311L
FSD200   FSDH0265RLD   FSDL321L   FSDM311L_NL
FSD200_NL   FSDH0265RLD_NL        

The list of Fairchild/SG products subject to ITC exclusion order is as follows:

SG6840   SG6841   SG6841x3
SG6842   SG6842J   SG6843

About Power Integrations

Power Integrations, Inc., is a Silicon Valley-based supplier of high-performance electronic components used in high-voltage power-conversion systems. The company’s integrated circuits and diodes enable compact, energy-efficient AC-DC power supplies for a vast range of electronic products including mobile devices, TVs, PCs, appliances, smart utility meters and LED lights. CONCEPT IGBT drivers enhance the efficiency, reliability and cost of high-power applications such as industrial motor drives, solar and wind energy systems, electric vehicles and high-voltage DC transmission. Since its introduction in 1998, Power Integrations’ EcoSmart® energy-efficiency technology has prevented billions of dollars’ worth of energy waste and millions of tons of carbon emissions. Reflecting the environmental benefits of the company’s products, Power Integrations’ stock is included in the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index, The Cleantech Index®, and the Ardour Global IndexSM. For more information, including design-support tools and resources, please visit www.powerint.com; visit Power Integrations’ Green Room for a comprehensive guide to energy-efficiency standards around the world.

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