National Semiconductor Corp. v. Linear Technology Corp.

ORDER (1) DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON INVALIDITY AND UNENFORCEABILITY AND (2) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO DISMISS DEFENDANT’S FIRST COUNTERCLAIM

SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-counterdefendant National Semiconductor Corporation (hereinafter “NSC”) is a Delaware corporation which develops, manufactures and sells semiconductor devices. So does defendant-counter-claimant Linear Technology Corporation, a California corporation established by four former NSC employees 1981. NSC brought this suit…