Burst filed a patent suit against Apple in the year 2004 alleging infringement of its patents relating to Digital Video Recorder (DVR) technology. In response, Apple counter-claimed for patent invalidity. The parties have now settled the patent infringement suit through a settlement agreement. Under the agreement, Burst agreed to drop its infringement suit in return for a lumpsum payment of ten (10) million dollars including court and attorney fee. Apple has also agreed to take a non-exclusive license over the patents held by Burst.

In the years 2002 and 2005, LG Philips LCD (LG Phillips) sued Chunghwa Picture Tubes (Chunghwa) alleging violation of some of its LCD related patents. The parties have now agreed to put an end to their patent dispute through an out of court settlement. Under the settlement, Chunghwa has agreed to pay a certain undisclosed sum of money to LG Phillips in return for withdrawing the suits. The parties have also agreed to share the LCD related patents of each company through a cross-license.