SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. , a leading provider of GPS-powered, location-aware platforms, today announced that the International Trade Commission ("ITC") has issued a Notice of Final Determination in Broadcom's ITC case against SiRF. The Notice adheres to the Federal Circuit's October 14, 2008 Kyocera decision that ITC limited exclusion orders only impact parties named in the investigation. Other than the four named customers in the investigation, all other SiRF customers are not affected.
"We are pleased that the Commission followed the Federal Circuit's Kyocera ruling, which significantly limits the impact to our customer base," said Kanwar Chadha, founder of SiRF. "While disappointed with the Commission's ruling as it relates to its patent infringement findings regarding SiRF's earlier products, we continue to work closely with the named customers to conform with the Commission's ruling and enable them to maintain uninterrupted product delivery to market."
The Final Determination is subject to a sixty-day Presidential review period and can then be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the "Federal Circuit").
About SiRF Technology
SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. develops and markets multifunction location platforms based on semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location-awareness utilizing GPS and other location technologies, enhanced by wireless connectivity and multimedia capabilities for high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. SiRF's technology has been integrated into a wide range of mobile consumer devices such as automobile navigation and telematics systems, portable navigation devices (PNDs), mobile phones, mobile computers, mobile internet devices, handheld and wearable GPS recreational devices, digital cameras and camcorders, mobile gaming devices, child and pet trackers, GPS-based peripherals as well as into commercial applications such as logistics management systems, enterprise and carrier LBS servers, asset tracking devices and fleet management systems. For more information see http://www.sirf.com/.
Forward Looking Statements
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including, but not limited to, statements of expectations regarding significantly limiting the impact to our customer base, working closely with named customers to conform with the Commission's ruling, maintaining uninterrupted product delivery to market and that all other customers are unaffected are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "to," "being," "possible," "may," "will," "addresses," "designed to," "expand," "provide," "believe," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees and should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties, including, among others, the ITC's final ruling and related remedies, our ability to provide customers with alternative solutions and whether customers find those acceptable, our ability to maintain our customer base, our ability to enable conformity with the terms of the ITC's final ruling to maintain uninterrupted product delivery to market, the success of our litigation strategy, and the success of our business strategy as well as other risks and uncertainties related to SiRF are discussed in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 and from time to time in SiRF's SEC reports. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. We do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.
