U.S. International Trade Commission decided to investigate Hynix memory module infringement

According to South Korean media "etnews", South Korea's memory maker SK Hynix, which was accused of infringing two memory modules by US chip plant Netlist recently, announced on the 3rd that it has decided to initiate a case investigation. As a result of the investigation, Once convicted of a patent infringement, ITC will have the right to invoke Section 337 of the U.S. Customs and prohibit the importation of infringing products into the United States.

According to the report, SK hynix patent infringed by Netlist on October 31, 2017 refers to a violation of Netlist by two SKUs of memory module products, including memory modules for servers such as RDIMMs and LRDIMMs However, on November 14, 2017, the case was ruled by ITC's Administrative Judge that SK hynix did not infringe the patent rights, Netlist appealed again and put forward other relevant evidences in case of SK hynix patent infringement The indictment, ITC then announced the 3rd on file and conduct an investigation.

In this survey, SK hynix will conduct a survey on circuit board slot design patents for two memory module products, including SK hynix's South Korea and US headquarters, And the SK hynix memory solution center in San Jose, USA.

Although ITC initiated an infringement investigation into SK hynix, it has not yet confirmed when the final result will be released, and it is not yet clear whether SK Hynix products will be banned from entering the United States by reference to Section 337 of the U.S. Customs. However, SK Hynix initiated a copyright infringement complaint Netlist US shares have since risen 3%.