Applied Materials Inc. and Chinese fab-tool rival Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) have agreed to disagree over a confidentially motion filed as part of a bitter legal battle between the two companies.
Applied Materials (Santa Clara, Calif.) seeks to prove its suit against AMEC (Shanghai) by providing a confidential "trade-secret list" to select employees from the Chinese IC-equipment supplier. In a document filed in December of 2007, Applied Materials claims AMEC is resisting the move, thereby delaying the motion.
