Samsung shares have risen more than two per cent after Apple’s bid to ban its Galaxy products in the U.S. was rejected. The U.S. court ruling deprived iPhone and iPad maker Apple of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies, paving the way for Samsung to sustain its strong smarpthone sales momentum. The two companies are battling... 

The European Commission is investigating whether five e-book publishers may have colluded with Apple to block rivals via their pricing deals. US regulators are also looking into pricing deals imposed under an agency model in which publishers set the retail price. Antitrust rules forbid price-fixing agreements designed to shut out competitors. In the traditional... 

Josephine Lien, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES Tuesday 6 December 2011 Memory module firm Adata Technology saw sales of its SSD product line continue to stay at high levels in November thanks to rising demand... 

Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES, Taipei Tuesday 6 December 2011 New figures from SIA revealed that worldwide sales of semiconductors were US$25.7 billion in October 2011, down 0.1% sequentially. For the month, Japan continued... 

Siu Han, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES Tuesday 6 December 2011 TCL will produce about 15 million TV panels from its own 8.5G flat panel lines in 2012 but will continue to cooperate with AU Optronics (AUO) as it still has to outsource about 50-60% of TV panels it needs in the year, according to... 

Press release; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES Tuesday 6 December 2011 The global average retail price for LED lamps has steadily decreased on a monthly basis from US$30 in September to US$28 in Novembe, according to... 

Erica Yen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES Tuesday 6 December 2011 Motorola Mobility has been strengthening its ties with Taiwan-based handset ODMs and parts and components suppliers with procurements from those production partners to increase 10% sequentially in the second half of 2011 and to further... 

Ingrid Lee, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES Tuesday 6 December 2011 IC assembly and test service provider Silicon Precision Industries (SPIL) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.26 billion (US$174 million)... 

Ingrid Lee, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES Tuesday 6 December 2011 Taiwan-based Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have obtained orders for automotive PCBs shifted from Thailand’s KCE... 

Press release; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES Tuesday 6 December 2011 MIPS Technologies and Ingenic Semiconductor, a China-based CPU provider for mobile multimedia applications, have announced worldwide availability...