Navitas Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: NVTS) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Renesas Electronics Corporation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, according to a company statement.

The lawsuit alleges that Renesas' major gallium nitride (GaN) product lines, including its SuperGaN power semiconductors, infringe four Navitas patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 9,929,079; 11,545,838; 11,770,010; and 11,862,996.

"Navitas is an early GaN innovator and leader that is successfully capitalizing on the substantial and growing market opportunity for high-powered solutions," said Navitas President and CEO Chris Allexandre. "We pioneered bringing GaN technology to scale. We've heavily invested in R&D in both GaN and high-voltage SiC and have protected our proprietary innovations through robust intellectual property. We respect valid intellectual property rights and we expect our competitors to do likewise."

Navitas, founded in 2014 and based in Torrance, California, states it holds a portfolio of more than 300 patents issued or pending across GaN and silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor technologies.

Renesas has not publicly responded to the allegations as of the time of the announcement.