We represented MediaTek, a young, billion-dollar Taiwanese company, in a series of patent dispute s against Matsushita/Panasonic, one of them being in Marshall, Texas where we were the plaintiff. The Court denied the defendant's motion seeking dismissal of that action and agreed that MediaTek owned patents it had asserted in the Eastern District of Texas and rejected an attempt by Matsushita to require the involvement of third parties in the action. Shortly thereafter, and with trial set to begin in another one of those actions in January 2008, Matsushita agreed to settle all pending lawsuits and dismiss its claims against MediaTek.