Another round in a patent battle between chipmaker Broadcom Corp. and Emulex Corp. has been settled but it remains likely that a few more are still to come.
A court today found that Emulex, a Costa Mesa-based maker of networking electronics, infringed against a Broadcom patent on a chip for high-speed networking and data storage technologies.
Emulex has been ordered to pay $388,000 to Irvine-based Broadcom.
The decision was the latest in a lengthy legal battle between a pair of companies well familiar with one another.
Broadcom is the biggest chipmaker based in Orange County, with about $7.4 billion in annual revenue and the 10th-largest in the world.
Emulex is the sixth-largest computer products maker here, with about $420 million in annual revenue.
Broadcom tried to buy Emulex in 2009, but its hostile bid was rejected.
The recent decisions on patent infringement were partial verdicts, with further action a possibility. They stem from a charge by Broadcom that Emulex had infringed on its patents in 12 cases.
The court has since decided to hear only six of the cases.
A mistrial was declared in four of the cases, which means the two sides could start new proceedings.
Broadcom contends that Emulex infringed on 10 of its patents for chips related to high-speed networking and data storage technologies, the company said in a statement.
