UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 7, 2016

 

 

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-50460   16-1620029

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3025 Orchard Parkway

San Jose, California 95134

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(408) 321-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 7, 2016, Tessera, Inc. (“Tessera”) and Invensas Corporation (“Invensas”), wholly-owned subsidiaries of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), filed a civil action against Avago Technologies Limited, Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., and Avago Technologies Wireless (U.S.A.) Manufacturing Inc. (collectively, “Avago”), subsidiaries of Broadcom Ltd., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint alleges that a number of Avago products, including Avago FBAR filter devices, infringe Tessera’s U.S. Patent No. 6,573,609 and Invensas’s U.S. Patent No. 6,972,480.

On November 7, 2016, Invensas filed a civil action against Avago Technologies Limited Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., Emulex Corporation, LSI Corporation, and PLX Technology, Inc., subsidiaries of Broadcom Ltd., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint alleges infringement of Invensas’s U.S. Patent Nos. 6,849,946 and 6,133,136.

The Company is not making any adjustments to its fourth quarter revenue or earnings per share guidance as a result of these proceedings.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: November 7, 2016     TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    By:  

/S/ Robert Andersen

    Name:   Robert Andersen
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer