‘New’ evidence of alleged MediaTek wrongdoing not needed, US judge says
By Melissa Ritti ( January 26, 2026, 21:15 GMT | Insight) -- At first blush, a California federal judge’s refusal Friday to consider evidence recently gleaned from Texas patent litigation might look like a setback for Realtek on its antitrust claims against MediaTek. But the order could also signal that a summary judgment win for Realtek is already in the works.Two weeks after a hearing on an early summary judgment motion by MediaTek in California, a federal judge there has denied Realtek’s bid to introduce “several discrete pieces” of discovery it says prove wrongdoing by its Taiwanese semiconductor rival....
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