MiTAC International Corp. (神達電腦股份有限公司) was a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer founded 8 December 1982 in Hsinchu Science Park, headquartered later in Taoyuan, Taiwan. It listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1990 (TWSE: 2315) and formed part of the MiTAC-Synnex Group. In September 2013 a 100% share swap reorganized it into MiTAC Holdings Corporation (TWSE: 3706), the listed parent today; MiTAC International was delisted. Group headcount has been reported in the ~7,200–7,800 range (per MiTAC investor materials and 2011 sustainability report). GlobalData estimated MiTAC Holdings revenue at roughly US$1.9B for 2023 and market cap near US$3.4B.
Operations. MiTAC is an operating design-and-manufacturing group, not a patent holder without products. It provides ODM/JDM/OEM/EMS services for servers, workstations, storage and cloud/datacenter equipment (sold under the MiTAC and TYAN brands, later under MiTAC Computing Technology Corp.), and consumer and automotive electronics under the Mio, Magellan and Navman brands — portable and outdoor GPS navigation devices, dash cams, smartwatches and in-vehicle infotainment. Manufacturing is in Taiwan, mainland China (Shunde, Kunshan) and Vietnam.
Litigation posture. MiTAC is an operating company defending, not an NPE or a serial plaintiff. Both tracked matters arise from one dispute. Global Locate, Inc. (acquired by Broadcom in 2007) filed ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-602, Certain GPS Devices and Products Containing Same, naming MiTAC as a respondent alongside SiRF, Mio, E-TEN and Pharos. MiTAC's single "plaintiff" appearance is as a co-appellant with SiRF in the resulting Federal Circuit appeal — not a patent assertion. Neither case is in a district-court patent venue such as the Eastern District of Texas.
Notable context. The Commission found a Section 337 violation and issued a limited exclusion order covering GPS chips and devices made or imported by SiRF, MiTAC and Mio, followed by a 2010 enforcement proceeding. The Federal Circuit affirmed in SiRF Technology, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 601 F.3d 1319 (Fed. Cir. 2010), addressing assisted-GPS patents, standing, patentable subject matter under Bilski, and divided infringement. Technology focus: assisted-GPS signal processing and satellite ephemeris distribution.