Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, Ltd. v. Micron Technology, Inc.
Summary
Yangtze Memory Technologies sues Micron Technology for allegedly infringing memory chip patents in Texas federal court.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Prior 0P · 4D · 2N (6 articles)→Recent 30d 3P · 0D · 1N (6 articles)
Press coverage is turning toward the plaintiff.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
5 plaintiff-favorable · 4 defendant-favorable · 3 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 3 plaintiff · 4 defendant · 3 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- Micron Says a Chinese Rival Poached Its Engineers, Then Sued It With Its Own Technology24/7 Wall St. · 2026-10-06
- Micron lawsuit claims sanctioned Chinese memory maker YMTC poached its engineers, then sued it using its own stolen tech — ex-employees hid roles on LinkedIn, patented Micron tech, and won a German injunctionTom's Hardware · 2026-10-01
- YMTC vs. Micron: Munich Court Issues Two Injunctions over 3D NAND Technologyigorslab.de · 2026-09-25
- YMTC wins first round in Micron case over NAND technologyJUVE Patent · 2026-09-24
- Micron's Legal Calendar Just Got Lighter, but the Patent Clouds Are Still Gathering - ad-hoc-news.dead-hoc-news.de · 2026-08-19
- Who Are You? YMTC’s Refusal to Identify Its Real Parties in Interest - Patently-OPatently-O · 2026-02-03
- Micron Gets Help From US Patent Office in China Chips BattleBloomberg Law News · 2025-11-22
- Handling of Yangtze Memory-led patent challenges a slippery slope for USPTOMLex · 2025-11-14
Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPYanan Zhao, Yimeng Dou
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP - San FranciscoBrandon H Brown
- Kirkland & Ellis, LLP - NYCGregory S Arovas
- Miller Fair Henry PLLCAndrea Leigh Fair
- Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe - Menlo ParkJared B Bobrow, Jeremy Jason Lang
- Mann, Tindel, ThompsonGregory Blake Thompson
- Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - San FranciscoSarah Kate Mullins
- Court
- TXED
- Docket no.
- 2:25-cv-01010
- Nature of suit
- Patent
- Judge
- Rodney Gilstrap
- Filed
- 2025-10-06
- Last filing
- 2026-10-22
Cause
35:271 Patent Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, Ltd. (plaintiff) Avnet, Inc. (defendant) Micron Technology Texas, LLC (defendant) Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. (defendant) Micron Technology, Inc. (defendant)
Docket entries
- #832026-06-15
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- #822026-06-03
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- #812026-05-27
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- #802026-05-15
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- #792026-04-21
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- #782026-04-03
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- #772026-03-30
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- #762026-03-24
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- #732026-03-05
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- #722026-03-04
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- #712026-03-02
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- 2026-01-26
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- 2026-01-20
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- 2025-10-24
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- 2025-10-07
Case assigned to District Judge Rodney Gilstrap. (NKL)
- 2025-10-07
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- 2025-10-07
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- 2025-10-07
In accordance with the provisions of 28 USC Section 636(c), you are hereby notified that a U.S. Magistrate Judge of this district court is available to conduct any or all proceedings in this case including a jury or non-jury trial and to order the entry of a final judgment. The form Consent to Proceed Before Magistrate Judge is available on our website. All signed consent forms, excluding pro se parties, should be filed electronically using the event Notice Regarding Consent to Proceed Before Magistrate Judge. (Copy of the notice to be sent by US Mail to parties not electronically noticed.) (NKL)
Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.