Jury Awards $20 Million to Silicon Storage in Patent Case

Atmel Corp. was awarded nearly $20 million by a jury in its patent-infringement suit against Silicon Storage Technology Inc. Atmel, a semiconductor maker based in San Jose, said Monday that it would seek a tripling of the damages, interest and payment of attorney's fees, on the jury's findings that Silicon Storage had willfully infringed two patents, which related to charge pumps in memory products.