Applied Optoelectronics' Subsidiary Global Technology Inc. Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against CreaLights in China
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Dec. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI, hereinafter “AOI”), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced that its subsidiary Global Technology Inc (hereinafter “Global Technology”) has filed two lawsuits for patent infringement against Suzhou CreaLights Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “CreaLights”) in China.
- SUGAR LAND, Texas, Dec. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI, hereinafter “AOI”), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced that its subsidiary Global Technology Inc (hereinafter “Global Technology”) has filed two lawsuits for patent infringement against Suzhou CreaLights Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “CreaLights”) in China.
- The two complaints, filed on December 8, 2023 in the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court of the People's Republic of China, allege that at least the CreaLights 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 optical transceiver module infringes AOI's Chinese patent No.
- Therefore, we have filed this lawsuit as a step to protect our intellectual property," said David Kuo, Senior VP & Chief Legal Officer.
- In the afore-mentioned lawsuits filed in China, AOI is seeking monetary damages from CreaLights and a permanent injunction.