October 3, 2013 - Chipmaker Macronix International Co., Inc. filed a patent lawsuit against Spansion LLC and Spansion Inc. for infringing seven Macronix patents related to flash memory chips, including the manufacturing, security, circuit designs and other aspects of flash memory chips.
Macronix has requested both monetary damages and an injunction to prohibit Spansion from continuing to infringe the patents.