Letter Amendment to TCC Master License Agreement between Tessera, Inc. and Hitachi, Ltd. (February 18, 2003)
Tessera, Inc. and Hitachi, Ltd. have agreed to amend their existing TCC Master License Agreement. This amendment expands the scope of licensed technology to include additional types of F-µBGA Packages, specifically replacing references to "Fine Pitch F-µBGA Packages" with "Fine Pitch and High Performance F-µBGA Packages." The amendment is retroactively effective as of September 23, 2002. Both parties have signed to confirm their acceptance of these changes.
Exhibit 10.10
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| Tessera Technologies, Inc. 3099 Orchard Drive San Jose, CA 95134 Phone: (408) 894-0700 Fax: (408) 894-0768 |
February 18, 2003
Department Manager,
Business Development Department
Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits
Hitachi, Ltd.
Nippon Building, 6-2, Otemachi 2-chomeChiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, 100-0004 Japan
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS
| Re: | Letter Amendment, dated September 23, 2002, to TCC Master License Agreement, dated July 7, 1994, between Hitachi, Ltd., and Tessera, Inc. (the “TCC License”) |
Dear Mr. Sugiura:
The purpose of this letter is to amend the Letter Amendment to expand its scope to include F-µBGA Packages other than “Fine Pitch F-µBGA Packages.”
Specifically, in the section entitled “Definitions”, the phrase “Fine Pitch F-µBGA Package” is deleted both times it appears and replaced by the phrase “Fine Pitch and High Performance F-µBGA Packages.”
Further, the parties agree that the effective date of this letter will be retroactive, to the date of the Letter Amendment, September 23, 2002.
If the terms of this Side Letter are acceptable, please sign below and return one enclosed copy to us, retaining the second copy for your files.
| TESSERA, INC. | HITACHI, LTD. | |||||||
| By: | [ILLEGIBLE] | By: | [ILLEGIBLE] | |||||
| Its: | CEO | Its: | DEPT MGR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT . SIC. | |||||
| Date: | 2/18/2003 | Date: | 2/21/2003 | |||||
