Micron Asks Supreme Court to Block Chinese Rival’s Discovery Bid

Micron Technology Inc. petitioned the US Supreme Court to block a Chinese competitor from gaining access to sensitive source code describing its flash memory chips as part of discovery in a patent case.

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. sought 73 pages of code relating to Micron 3D NAND memory chips after suing the Boise, Idaho, chipmaker in late 2023. Micron’s petition, filed May 27 and made public Thursday, called the request “unprecedented” and beyond what’s allowable under a protective order that puts tight parameters around the information the parties have to trade in discovery.

Micron said YMTC’s request focused extensively ...