Why Did Micron Sue Chinese Companies over DRAM Technology?
On December 5, 2017, Micron Technology (MU) filed a lawsuit against United Microelectronics Corporation (or UMC) and Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. (or JHICC) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit alleges infringement on its DRAM (dynamic random access memory) patents and intellectual property rights. The lawsuit states that two former employees of Micron Technology shared the company’s DRAM technology with Taiwan-based UMC, which planned to partner with JHICC in technical cooperation.