China blocks micron technology from selling 26 products after accusing company of infringing patents

A Chinese court has temporarily banned sales of Micron Technology products, excluding the company from the world's largest semiconductor market. We tell you all the details of what happened.

China prevents Micron Technology from selling 26 products, the war between the Asian country and the US intensifies

The Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court of the People's Republic of China issued an injunction preventing Micron Technology from selling 26 products, including dynamic random access memory and products related to Nand flash memory, following the actions of the company based in Boise, Idaho, fell as much as 8 percent.

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UMC took legal action against Micron Technology in January, alleging that the company infringed patents in China related to memory storage and other products. The case is part of a larger dispute between the two companies that is based on allegations that UMC acted as a conduit to steal Micron's designs in an attempt to help China grow its domestic chip industry and replace imports. that rival oil in total value. Last year, Micron sued UMC and its partner Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co, alleging that they stole memory chip trade secrets.

The Micron ban intensifies a trade dispute between China and the US that is engulfing industries, from steel to automobiles and, increasingly, also to the electronics sector, where the economies of the two countries are closely intertwined. The President of the USA Donald Trump harshly criticized Chinese companies for allegedly stealing the intellectual property of American companies.

As their governments struggle, companies face the potential disruption of a complex supply chain that produces most of the world's smartphones, computers, and their components. For example, Qualcomm designs its chips at its San Diego headquarters and then manufactures them in countries like Taiwan and Korea.

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