b'CASE STUDIESPatentSaleandLicenseTransactionsforPatentAcquisitionandEnforcementfor GlobalFoundries Advanced Silicon TechnologiesGlobalFoundries is the largest semiconductorMintzwashiredtoacquireworld-class foundry in the United States, with revenuespatents owned by Advanced Micro Devices of$5.5billionannually.Thecompanyhas(AMD) and then develop and implement a hired Mintz for multiple large-scale patentpatent revenue generation program based engagements.on those assets. The Mintz team conducted Followingaverysuccessfulglobalthe technical, legal, and market aspects of enforcementlitigationcampaignagainsttheacquisitionofmorethan150patents TaiwanSemiconductorManufacturingfrom the AMD portfolio and then conducted Company (TSMC), the worlds #1 foundry, andthe subsequent enforcement and licensing Semiconductor Manufacturing Internationalprograms.Corporation(Chinas#1foundry),whichThrough use of our proprietary processes, resulted in a global settlement among thewhich comprise both technology-driven and partiesthatincludedlicensingandotherin-person analysis, Mintz identified graphic revenue to GlobalFoundries, Mintz was hiredprocessingunitandmemorycontroller Mintz to identify another traunch of patentspatentsfromtheAMDportfoliobest forrevenuegeneration.TheMintzteamcharacterized as circuit design patents. Our conductedmultipletiersofduediligenceteam went on to identify potential infringers, and identified a series of foundry patentsincludingrunningreverseengineering withmarketpotentialforanadditionalefforts to confirm infringement, to develop campaign.Weproposedseveraloptionsan estimate of market value before papering forGlobalFoundries,inclusiveofspecificand negotiating the acquisition from AMD strategies for each of a number of infringingon behalf of Advanced Silicon Technologies companies.(AST). Mintz also introduced the financier to GlobalFoundrieschosetofollowathe relationship, which enabled acquisition negotiated transactions approach, and Mintzofthepatentsandprosecutionofthe took the lead to implement it. What resultedenforcement efforts. was a series of license agreements betweenTheaccusedinfringersoftheAST-owned GlobalFoundriesandseveralmultinationalpatentsincludedanumberofauto consumer electronics manufacturers and amanufacturers and their OEM suppliers. Our wrap-up sale of the patents to one of thoseapproach resulted in a favorable resolution participants.prior to the conclusion of expert discovery at the International Trade Commission.MINTZ // PATENT TRANSACTIONS // MINTZ.COM 13'