Saturday, November 4, 2017

Veeco wins preliminary patent infringement lawsuit with Chinese competitor AMEC

Veeco Instruments announced today that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted Veeco's motion for a preliminary injunction against SGL Carbon, LLC, a supplier of wafer carriers to Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC). The injunction prohibits the sale of wafer carriers by SGL for use in susceptorless Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) systems using Veeco's patented technology, including wafer carriers designed for AMEC MOCVD systems.

Source: LEDinside LINK


AMEC was founded in 2004 and is based in Shanghai, China. AMEC manufactures and markets micro-fabrication equipment to semiconductor manufacturers and high-tech sectors including MOCVD equipment.

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