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To: kinkblot who wrote (64)	1/1/2004 9:17:07 AM
From: John Finley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 83

Hi Will Well I haven't been very impressed so far at the legal system's ability to protect IP or to block fraudulent suits. As a person with vested interests in tech IP it's been pretty depressing. I hope you are right about SOITEC. JF

To: kinkblot who wrote (64)	1/26/2004 10:26:51 AM
From: kinkblot	Respond to of 83

MEMC to License SiGen’s Bonded SOI Wafer Layer Transfer Technology memc.com Initial production of bonded SOI [and sSOI wafers] will take place at MEMC’s St. Peters, manufacturing facility. Samples for customer evaluation will be available May 2004. Interesting, since MEMC has been farting around with SIMOX. I guess they decided to get serious about it. <g> And so it goes: from SOITEC to SiGen to SiGen licensees, and soon the inventors are competing against a variation of their own technology. <g> This must be galling to SOITEC: "This agreement is consistent with SiGen’s focus on licensing, protecting, and strengthening its intellectual property." The sSOI will be done under a separate licensing deal with IMEC.