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In Realtek, MediaTek patent, antitrust clash, evidentiary race unfolds in US

By Khushita Vasant and Melissa Ritti ( November 25, 2025, 23:18 GMT | Comment) -- Realtek has notched a win in Texas, where a federal judge ordered discovery on whether 2021 infringement claims by a patent assertion entity rise to the level of “exceptional.” The evidence has major implications for Realtek’s California antitrust case against MediaTek, which stands accused of cementing its dominant market position by bogging a competitor down with sham patent litigation.US District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas, on remand, has granted an opposed bid by Realtek for discovery and supplemental briefing on whether a 2021 infringement complaint by Future Link Systems qualifies as exceptional....

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